EMBRACE THE POWER OF A DRAGON!

In the frozen northern wastes, a sinister blight has

awoken and now stands ready to consume everything
in its path. An army prepares for war, its leader the
cunning and malevolent dragon Everblight, whose very
essence resides in each of his twisted generals. Filled with
horrendously blighted ogrun, cruel and tainted Nyss, and
terrifying dragonspawn, the Legion of Everblight is poised
to spread its corruption to the farthest reaches of western
Immoren and beyond.
Serve the mighty Everblight with Forces of HORDES:
Legion of Everblight, featuring:
Complete faction rules and profiles for using all
current Legion of Everblight models in HORDES Mk II.
New troops to bring to the fight, plus the all-new
warlock Bethayne, Voice of Everblight and her light
warbeast Belphagor.
An in-depth look at the history and structure of the
Legion of Everblight.
A painting and modeling guide to help ready your
forces for battle.
Legion of Everblight Theme Force
lists and rules, which allow you
to create armies based on
specialized forces from the
Legion of Everblight.

CONSUME THE IRON

KINGDOMS FOR THE
GLORY OF EVERBLIGHT!
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WHATEVER MY BLIGHT TOUCHES,

I CONTROL.
THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO WHAT I CAN DO
AND NO END TO THE GROWTH

I HUNGER FIRST TO FEAST ON GOD FLESH,

ON THE ESSENCE OF MY FATHER,
AND THEN TO SWALLOW THE WORLD.
EVERBLIGHT

SPINE

OF MY LEGIONS POWER.

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EMBRACE THE POWER OF A DRAGON!

FACTION BACKGROUND

PLAYING LEGION

The Legion of Everblight has become a dire threat to all

of western Immoren in just a handful of years. This lethal
army is the ultimate weapon of the dragon Everblight, an
ancient creature born from the heartstone of Lord Toruk,
the Dragonfather. Everblight long remained apart from his
siblings, plotting in secret and spurning their millennia-old
alliance against Toruk.

The primary strength of the Legion of Everblight can be

summarized in one word: dragonspawn. The terrifying
warbeasts that writhe into being from the dragons blood
are some of the most feared warbeasts in HORDES for
good reason. They are exceptionally agile, brutal in combat,
gifted with unique senses to hunt their prey, capable

Centuries ago Everblights physical body was destroyed, but

his indestructible heartstone, or athanc, survived. After luring
the ogrun Thagrosh to free him from an icy tomb, Everblight
turned his attention to the corruption and domination of the
Nyss, the winter elves inhabiting the northern lands. These
skilled bladesmen and hunters are ideal foot soldiers for
Everblights legion. Ogrun from the nearby mountains were

survivable. Dragonspawn range from swarms of Shredders

and Stingers to implacable Carniveans and Scytheans.

bringing their brawn and ferocity to Everblights cause.

Everblight has implanted shards of his athanc into his
chosen generals, creating warlocks who lead the Legion in
the dragons name. Their army includes an ever-growing
assortment of warbeasts spawned from the blighted blood
of Everblights warlocks. Each warlock shares thoughts
directly with Everblight, giving the army a terrifying
singularity of purpose.

If the spawn are not enough to put the fear of Everblight

into an opponent, the Legions warbeast support tips the
scale. Shepherds and Forsaken grant the faction plentiful
fury management tools, allowing players to run far more
beasts than other armies. Nyss Sorceresses guide the charge
further, and Spawning Vessels can create new dragonspawn
to meet the needs of the battle at hand. Alongside the sleek
Blighted Nyss and hulking Blighted Ogrun, Everblights
hungry children will . . .

Consume the Iron Kingdoms for the

Glory of Everblight!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NATURE OF THE BEAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

THE LEGION OF EVERBLIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LEGION THEME FORCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
LEGION WARLOCKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

LEGION WARBEASTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
LEGION TROOPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
PAINTING GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
MODEL GALLERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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NATURE OF THE BEAST

608 AR, NEAR THE BLACK RIVER, SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF CORVIS

Submerging her consciousness deep into her connection
with Belphagor had become second nature to Bethayne,
Voice of Everblight. It was not necessary to surrender
her mind when they joined, but there was always the
and become a creature of pure instinct. In this animalistic
It was an empowering bliss.
She preferred to indulge in this addictive freedom from
control. On every previous occasion, it had been easy for
her to gather her scattered thoughts, but at this moment
she felt intense resistance. Memories were fragmented,
consciousness. It had clearly been too long. At her mental
urging Belphagor immediately pulled back the umbilical
cords connecting its organs to hers. Its muscular tail came
her legs faded, and the interlocking appendages along its
central torso opened to let her pull free. Disengaging in the
middle of battle was dangerous, but it was necessary to clear
her mind. She crouched for a moment as Belphagor towered
protectively over her, ready to lash out at any enemy that
came too near.
Around her the whirlwind of battle created a familiar
shriek of a nephilim followed by the clash of metal
biting metal, the heavy footfalls of charging soldiers. Her
warbeasts fought around her, extensions of herself, all
engaged in a struggle for survival. Several were injured to
various degrees, although their draconic state allowed them
to ignore discomfort; to dragonspawn, pain existed only to
provide awareness of injury.
prioritize targets, but Bethayne sent Belphagor to add its
strength to the battle. Her mind raced with the thrill of the
lethal fray. Some part of her exulted in the tumult and the
way the chaos stripped away the complexity of decisions. She
sent her will into Belphagor and urged it to scythe through
two of the smaller creatures rushing toward her, which she
recognized as mechanithralls from their oversized, steampowered gauntlets. Belphagor cut through their masses
while Bethayne summoned blighted power from her arcane
reserves. Even as Belphagor completed its attacks she hurled
a sphere of violently transformative energies to explode into
another mechanithrall in the midst of several others. Razorsharp spines of bone shot forth to impale all those nearby.
The effort of invoking this magic helped clear the lingering
fog from her mind, and she began to apprehend just how

numerous the enemies were. She knew she faced the army
of the Dragonfather, Everblights most dangerous adversary.
Near Belphagor, a hulking nephilim protector wrenched
the heavy blade of its halberd free from the chassis of a
compact blackened metal construct on insect-like legs that
was covered in plates of curved black steel. The nephilim
bled from a serious gash from the machines initial strike,
which had delivered one of its tusks deep up under the
dragonspawns sternum.
Additional mechanithralls poured through the gaps
between the trees. At her mental urging, her carnivean
opened its fanged jaws to unleash a sizzling spray of ash,
annihilating half a dozen. There were many more, and they
closed on the draconic beast to hammer at its scaled hide.
Dark green-black helljacks came into view behind them, one
resembling an enormous crustacean with a cannon in place
Bethaynes dragonspawn before advancing to crush the life
from one of her hex hunters with its left pincer. Leviathan.
The knowledge bubbled up from deep within her mind
with the familiar sensation of lore reaching her through her
athanc shard from Everblight or one of her warlock peers.
The dragonspawn she had with her were fearless, strong,
and eager to spill blood. Her hex hunters entered the fray
with similar enthusiasm, wielding their runic swords and
alternating with invoked sorcerous magic in streaks of
blighted lightning delivered through the blades. Still, they
were badly outnumbered. Helljacks and bonejacks surged
forward with a hungry swiftness that made them seem
alive. The enemy spread out in a widening circle, clearly
seeking to surround Bethayne and those with her.
A more delicate but stately arachnid creature stood at the
center of the Cryxian host. Its steel upper torso resembled a
female humans, with a strange, green glow oozing through
her ribcage and an iron mask covering her upper face. Soul
cages hung from her waist, and she was clearly directing the
machines with her will. Iron lich, among the ruling tier of the
Cryxian hierarchy. Bethayne needed no further information
to understand the threat posed by such a being. She was
preoccupied directing her forces, shouting orders to the hex
blades and maneuvering all her dragonspawn to intercept
the threats facing them while trying not to allow any of
them to be overwhelmed.
Myriad other machines surged forward to attack. A
Deathripper latched onto the carniveans forward
supporting leg and chewed through with razor-sharp
teeth. Before the dragonspawn could deal with this, a
Slayer leapt against it, slashing tremendous metal claws.

Despite nimble attempts to evade,

her shredders quickly fell under an
onslaught of heavy mechanithrall
called a Corruptor latched another
pincer-like appendage onto one of
her raeks, and she saw greenish

raek lashed back with its razored

tail, slicing through connecting
tubing but doing too little damage
to prevent its expiration.
Belphagor served again as a channel
for the blighted power of one of her
explosive spells before slithering
Corruptor with its claws. No longer
blocked by her beast, the Leviathan
cannon. She used the last shredders
leapt to the side, but the Leviathan
tracked her movement with
uncanny precision.
She felt the tremendous impact as
its metal projectiles pierced clear
through her shoulder and left a
gaping, bleeding hole. She instantly
drew upon her blood connection
to the nephilim protector and sent
instead. Engineered to accept the
injuries of the warlock who spawned
it, the beast took the transference with an eager hiss. Even
as her wound vanished, the nephilim was crippled as the
same gory hole opened in its chest.
The pain of this was fresh on her mind as Bethayne recalled
Belphagor to her side. She was too vulnerable and knew she
had to return to its protective embrace. They moved with
perfect coordination as Belphagor swept in behind her on
its tail and its lower appendages clicked open to reveal the
awaiting cavity in the center of its torso.
It enfolded her so swiftly and completely that an onlooker
might believe she had been swallowed whole. She felt
comforted and protected while surrounded by the thick
armor and draconic bones of its body. She welcomed the
brief pain as bone-like needles extending from a variety
of umbilical cords pierced her neck and abdomen and
integrated their circulatory systems. Her head rested within
the beasts sternum, surrounded by a webbing of nerve

tissue, through which she saw the world using Belphagors

superior senses.
She perceived even the slightest motion effortlessly with
blighted sight able to pierce through smoke, fog, and
underbrush. A surge of powerful energies swept through
her as her strength and stamina were tremendously
augmented. She felt invincible but held strong within the
heady rush, knowing her situation remained precarious.
Just as she completed the melding, she heard a deep thump
and something large arced toward her and exploded,
hunters, and another nephilim. Belphagors scaled hide
a hiss into the undergrowth below. The nephilims thick
skin partially protected it from the blast as well, but the hex
chunks to reveal quickly unraveling organs beneath.

NATURE OF THE BEAST

Bethayne gritted her teeth against this grim toll but had no
time to absorb the weight of the casualties.
She looked for the source and saw an enormously fat undead
creature, its skin stretched and stitched together, beyond the
helljacks. It carried a wide-mouthed, underslung cannon
Bloat thrall.
With a surge of retaliatory anger she sent one of her raeks
to destroy it, and the sleek leonine dragonspawn blended
with the shadows to slip directly past two of the intervening
helljacks. It pounced on the bloat thrall, tearing it apart
with a toothy maw and lashing it with its tail. The creature

helljacks closed upon it.

THOSE TOUCHED BY THE MENTAL

INFERNO OF EVERBLIGHT'S WILL
HAD NEVER FELT HIM MAKE SUCH
A POWERFUL COMMAND.
They could not sustain the rate her beasts were suffering
crippling injuries. Realizing this, she hesitated only a moment.
She could stand and destroy a good many Cryxians, but it
would avail Everblight nothing. She knew her role and the
place of those who fought with her. She was a chosen of the
dragon, keeper of a sliver of his immortal essence. Ultimately
no one else mattered, whatever her own feelings.
She turned the leader of her hex hunters, a skilled and
devoted sorcerer named Aervass. Her voice rasped through
Belphagors throat as a harsh growl. Delay them as long
as possible.
He whistled to the others without hesitation and directed
their efforts with a few sharp gestures. Bethayne guided her
warbeasts to where they could best intercept and delay the foe.
through slender, twisted trees. She leapt and ran swiftly down
a narrow ravine toward a stream, moving their melded body
with tireless swiftness on her own legs. Conjoined, she and
Belphagor became an entirely different entity. Their internal
organs shared function, giving her not only the armored
protection within its scaled torso but also augmented
physical abilities. Their blending was so complete that her

information through her athanc that must originate from

the warlock Lylyth suggested the waterway was one of
the Black Rivers eastern tributaries. She guessed she was
immediately adjacent to the sprawling desolation of the
Bloodstone Marches. It was far south of her last remembered
location among Rhuls southern mountains.
It had been in Rhul, some indeterminate number of days
ago, that Thagrosh had looked up to the clear skies above
the southern mountains to see two dragons passing high
overhead. Immediately a command blazed across all their
hastening away in various directions, accompanied by
small numbers of spawn and Legion soldiers. Vayl and
Absylonia stayed behind with Thagrosh as the army braced
for possible attack, but the others left to ensure the survival
of as many of his athanc shards as possible.
Those touched by the mental inferno of Everblights will
had never felt him make such a powerful and immediate
command. Bethayne had instinctively retreated into
Belphagor and entered an almost mindless trance as her
limbs obeyed Everblight. Her beasts and her most loyal
hex blades had unhesitatingly followed her through the
wilderness, accepting her silence. She had traveled in a haze
until set upon by Cryx.
while merged with Belphagor. She struggled to reach
Thagrosh, hoping to learn what had transpired. She felt him
there, but his mind was closed to her, and she sensed he
was in deep communion with Everblight. She next directed
her will toward Vayl, who often served as intermediary for
the dragon; reaching her, she shared images of the ambush.
dragons had not attacked Thagrosh as Everblight had
showing any sign of having witnessed the gathered Legion
below them. Despite this apparent false alarm, Everblight
would not yet give his leave for his warlocks to return. As a
chosen of Everblight, Bethayne would have to cope as best
she could.

her blood or she would quickly succumb to the poisons.

An instinct from Belphagor prompted her to halt momentarily

within a sparse cluster of trees. She felt eyes upon her. At the
splashing of large creatures or machines crossing the river,
she listened closer and heard grunted breaths and bestial
snorts rather than the rumble of Cryxian machines.

After she splashed through the deep and wide river and
continued up the opposite bank, Bethayne realized she
had only a vague notion of her general location. Filtered

She kept still, hoping the creature or creatures would

have no interest in her. Shortly she heard a human voice
speaking the Cygnaran tongue in a low but commanding

tone. Through Everblight she had perfect apprehension of

the otherwise unfamiliar language. Move to the left and
sound of more movement to her right, immediately eclipsed
She leapt backward even as a shell whistled down and
exploded not far from her, detonating one of the nearest
trees. Through the cloud of debris she saw a dozen or
in hand. She had seen such creatures before, employed as
fodder in other battles. Several larger, unfamiliar pig-like
beasts stood closer to the river in front of a bald, slender
human wearing goggles and equipped with an unfamiliar
weapon. Upon his back and at his side were several peculiar

on her back. When she tore the head off the next farrow,
the injury closed completely, and she saw fear in the eyes
of the remaining creatures. Several others pulled out clubs
and attempted to batter at her, but she ignored their feeble
blows and retaliated with killing swipes before rushing
past, leaving a sea of farrow blood behind her.
yet again, their blasts striking with increasing accuracy
despite the ash swirling around her. She sensed their
efforts being guided by a will and realized the human
advancing with them must be a warlock; these creatures
were somehow tied to him.
Two more shells struck, tearing out additional hunks of her
augmented claws let her partially mend these injuries, but

Her eyes were drawn to the beasts in front of him. These

bipedal boars carried odd, boxy cannons strapped to their
backs by heavy harnesses. A thin line of smoke streamed
from the mouth of the nearest one. Even as she watched,
another adjusted its stance, snorted, and braced itself before
yanking on a heavy lanyard attached to the weapon. It
She turned and leapt away, her reaction time and movements
augmented by Belphagor. The blast exploded just behind
her. Her beasts armored torso protected her, but the farrow

She looked down the sloping path to her left, a steep descent
along a brush-covered hillside. It was too steep for the pig
creatures to negotiate easily.
The choice was made for her. She felt a slight itch at her
back warning her of approach even as heavy footsteps
thudded across the ground. She turned in time to see an
before it smashed into her with enough force to send even

metal projectiles whizzing past. One hit the back of her left
leg and another grazed Belphagors back, but they were
only glancing wounds. Gritting her teeth in frustration,
Bethayne surrounded herself with a cloud of ash as she
She had, she presumed, blundered into the territory of the
farrow and their human master, and she was keenly aware
of her peril without warbeasts at her side to feed her power
or accept her injuries.
shots exploded nearby to rain rocks and debris down upon
her, but the third hit her squarely in the upper back. The
shell pierced Belphagors armor to rip through its muscles.
She had endured worse, but it did not bode well. She ran
forward down a narrow trail and between several large
opposite direction; they had driven her this way deliberately.
Her growl of frustration became an enraged roar through
Belphagors fanged mouth. She drew upon additional
energies from her athanc to empower her claws with a
potent blighted enchantment that heightened her predatory
instincts and empowered her claws to siphon living
energies. She charged forward to the nearest farrow, and
as her swipes opened gashes across the creatures chest she

incline to crash into the stout and wide trunk of a massive

tree. The wood cracked and groaned but remained intact,
bringing her to an abrupt, bone-shattering halt.
She fell heavily to the ground with spots before her eyes. She
through her body from Belphagor. She staggered back to her
feet in time to see the enormous pig-beast rushing headlong
down the slope, wielding a tremendous axe in each of its
metal hands. Smoke poured from stacks in its back, and she
could hear the sound of a steam engine. She managed to duck
penetrating armored scales and almost reaching her own
jerk of its chin that drove its tusks into Belphagors chest.
Her dual hearts were pounding, her own twice as rapidly
as Belphagors, and both sets of lungs labored to draw
breath. Though her link to her dragonspawn numbed her
to physical agony, she could tell she was near death. The
attacker pulled back its left arm to deliver what would
surely be a lethal blow. She heard the voice of the human
The human stepped into view. In his hand was a strange
pistol-like weapon with a long, sharp needle in place of

NATURE OF THE BEAST

a barrel. He plunged the needle deep into Belphagors
a hissing sound. It took effect with remarkable rapidity,
numbing her to all sensation.

Doctor Arkadius called ahead to the hunchbacked farrow

who assisted him in the laboratory. We have quite the

the main chamber. It was not clear how much the crippled
farrow comprehended of his words, but he responded to
the gesture and did as bid, pushing the heavy doors open
on creaking hinges. The enormous war hog with Arkadius
passed through carrying the specimen.
Arkadius followed, keeping a tight mental leash on the
steam-powered half-pig, half-machine beast to be sure it
did not wreck the fragile apparatus scattered around the
perimeter of the laboratory. He cleared several beakers from
the large dissection table at the center of the chamber and
The war hog dropped the limp body heavily onto the
metal surface, and Arkadius winced. Inspecting his prize
showed it had suffered no additional harm from this rough
treatment. He directed the steam-powered hog to move to
a wall alcove deliberately built large enough to contain it.
Arkadius could barely repress his excitement over the
prospect of discovering the internal mechanisms of the
captured beast. Even as he began to prepare for the
procedure he cautioned himself not to be too exuberant.
The creature was clearly close to death, and given it was an
entirely unfamiliar and exotic species, he should not have
high expectations regarding its physical condition.
Look here, Targ, he said to his assistant as if addressing
a student. You can see this creature is massively blighted.
Note the pattern of the scales, the general unnatural skin
tone. Still, it has very few blemishes or irregularities and
remarkable symmetry. Note the armor adorning the upper
torso. Expertly crafted, very beautiful patterns in the metal,
graceful curves. This creature was valued.
Targ eyed him dubiously and blinked but showed no other
reaction. Arkadius considered his assistant an excellent
listener as well as an additional pair of hands in the laboratory.
The farrow was trained in the use of the various surgical tools
and sutures. The offsetting malformation of the creatures leg
and twisted spine limited mobility, but those disabilities were
trivial weighed against his unusual manual dexterity.
Looking outside the room, he saw several farrow brigands
lounging at the bottom of the wide staircase that led from

above into the bowels of the facility. The farrow had a

tendency to be lazy unless prodded. He addressed them
sharply, You lads here to attend the dissection? The
brigands were awed and fearful of Arkadius and did not
seek out his company as a general rule. As expected, this
group offered the equivalent of a polite negation and huffed
something about Lord Carver, then began to climb the
stairs. He shouted after, Find something useful to do, like
He shook his head sadly. Farrow lacked initiative and
curiosity. Attempting to lift them from their primitive
state was a constant ordeal. His tests had revealed their
intelligence to be not at all dissimilar to humanitys. Despite
their potential, though, he had found they were usually best
Doctor Arkadius turned back to his specimen, and he
took a few deep breaths to center himself. Dealing with an
unfamiliar organism was inherently dangerous; his various
drugs might not have the expected effects, and he could not
to perish before he could pluck its marvelous secrets was
several key areas with long, hollow needles, each attached

watched the creature with a brooding frown.

It remained unconscious, which was good, and it did not
enter into immediate seizures, which was also good. Biting
his lip, he placed a listening cone on its chest and listened
for its heart. He was surprised to discover an erratic sound.
It was almost like two hearts rather than one, with one set

the farrow anatomy had kept few mysteries from his piercing
a singular stroke of luck that events had transpired as they
had. The matter had entirely derailed his other plans, but
a man of science had to seize opportunities for discovery.
He had been journeying north for a clandestine meeting
with an unreliable colleague from Corvis, accompanied by
an armed escort in case of trouble. The sounds of battle near
apprehension had grown on discovering Cryxians, who
rarely came into this region. The sight of dragonspawn
against them had piqued his interest. He had heard the
rumors of a blighted army that had struck the Castle of the
Keys some months earlier, as had everyone who dwelled

He had immediately noticed something unusual about

Something in its posture suggested intelligence. Capturing
it had not been easy, but he had used his knowledge of the
terrain to his advantage.
Now that he had the specimen, he was almost overwhelmed
with the possibilities of the tests and experiments he could
run. Would it be possible to develop the means to detect and
quantify blight as a tangible substance or energy? Could he
sustain living skin samples removed from the body?
Arkadius took a more complete survey of the creature,
paying particular attention to its legs and its two pairs
of entirely different arms. Note, Targ, its lower arms
are almost of human proportions. But whats this? He
squinted at the blade-like claws and realized the lower
set were made of metal, set within what might have been
armored gauntlets that extended up past the elbow. With
a bit of struggle he pulled the armor and gloved weapon
loose, almost cutting himself even through the thick gloves

to work his way through the limbs and separate them. The
thick blood released in the process was polluted with black
streaks and had an acrid smell that stung his nose.
He was almost too busy with the messy mechanics of this
operation to realize what was beneath the dislocated limbs.
He stepped back a moment and tilted his head, puzzled.
Beneath the spilled blood was a female humanoid torso,
inside the monstrous one. It was partially covered by an
armored cuirass, with a girdle of woven black leather
to the arms, hips, and sides, blood pumping between them
with the rhythm of two hearts.
A sudden movement made him startle. An autonomic
process pushed the shapely female torso down and partially
out of the creatures chest cavity. This revealed a head, which
had previously been lodged below its sternum. The inner
creature was elven, with long, pointed ears poking through
Her features were extremely angular, particularly her chin
and nose, but had a certain exotic appeal.

along the knuckles. The delicacy of the hand unsettled him

more than its monstrous elements.
The creatures legs were humanoid and oddly slender for
the size of its body. What he had taken for scaled plates were
on the leg armor and the clawed weapons matched the
a creature have been natural once? Can dragon blight have
such a dramatic impact on an entire organism? Targ had no
answers, but Arkadius did not seem to notice. His rapturous
smile was enough to make the farrow eye him nervously.
be tough scaly skin. Targ, the heavy saw, if you please.
His assistant obediently found a freshly sharpened, hefty
instrument among those dangling against the nearby

aspects of the abdomen that were intriguing. A number

of smaller appendages were folded over themselves in an
interlocking pattern just above the creatures slender hips.
This is peculiar. Reminds me of a prawn, macrobrachium
acherontium, but not quite. What use are these appendages?

exchange, he noted. He took hold of one of the umbilical

cords and directed Targ to hand him a scalpel. It was at this
moment she opened her eyes.

Bethayne emerged to consciousness with rising panic. She

realized this sensation came from Belphagor, which could
only mean an immediate threat to her. She felt air upon her
skin and realized she was partially detached from Belphagor,
something that should happen only by her command.
She sent a mental impulse for the spawn to withdraw the
reaction. Their minds and senses were no longer blended,
but she was physically connected, which was extremely
dangerous. If Belphagor perished in this state, so would she.

He decided it would be best to remove at least one of

these smaller appendages but realized he might need to
cut through several to get to the skin beneath. It seemed

Realizing her head was no longer comfortably secured

within Belphagors upper womb, she opened her eyes.
Adrenaline surged in her veins as she recognized the face
of the human in front of her: the same one who had directed
the pig creatures.

place to begin his exploratory surgery. As soon as he began

sawing the largest set of these overlapping appendages the
creature twitched and jerked. He increased the anesthetic
drips feeding into its body and began again. He was able

Her arms and legs were immobile, and one of her clawed
gauntlets was removed. Her mind was relatively clear, but
whatever had forced Belphagor into unconsciousness had
paralyzed her limbs. Her eyes went to the humans right

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hand, where he held a keen bladed instrument against one
of the primary tubes connecting her circulatory system to
Belphagors.
him speak during their chase. Fluency came effortlessly
through her athanc. Do not cut those cords. She utilized
the same commanding tone she ordinarily employed on
Nyss and ogrun soldiers. He froze, looking at her with
surprise and curiosity.
Her mind raced. The desperate reality of her situation
was clear. Her eyes softened and her tone became richer,
warmer. Please. I will die if you sever those.
He withdrew the sharp knife from the cords, eyeing them
with a frown. When he next spoke he did not address her
but rather the misshapen farrow next to him. Note that
while the external creature seems torpid and properly
anesthetized, the inner creature is alert enough to speak
and seems fluent in Cygnaran. Most curious. His eyes
darted to the beakers of fluids connected to hoses and
needles piercing Belphagor. Should I increase the
dosage? He frowned, weighing the option, then stood
and put the cutting implement down, to Bethaynes
initial relief. Then panic returned as he fiddled with the
valves regulating the mysterious fluids. Belphagor s
heart slowed alarmingly.
I suggest you leave that be. She said the words carefully,
calmly, as if speaking to a child. He frowned, vexed.
As Bethayne absorbed details of her surroundings, she
made a number of rapid assessments. Within Everblights

Everblight had employed beneath the Fane of Ayisla, but

its purpose seemed similar.
the key was in the diagrams upon the walls. She saw
numerous anatomical charts of dissected farrow and other
pig-like creatures, all extremely detailed and drawn with a
skilled hand. On the far wall was a shelved case containing
sealed glass containers of organs preserved in yellowish
boars must be the creation of this man: he was a shaper of

and interest when his eyes traced across Belphagor, and his
reaction surprised her. Most humans would have reacted
with horror. She saw him begin to view her as a thinking
being rather than an inert experiment. She smiled slightly.
I am Bethayne, also called the Voice of Everblight. Give me
your name that I might address you properly.
He regarded her with the same look of fascination. She had
never been so close to a human without killing him. It was
interesting to observe how easily his expressions conveyed
his thoughts, with none of the disciplined self-control
her own people had possessed even before they joined
Everblight. They stared at one another, then he spoke to her

greet me politely?
Her answer was forestalled by harsh pounding on the

interruption. In truth, Bethayne also found it inconvenient.

First conversations between strangers established an
important foundation, and turning this circumstance
around would require delicacy. He yanked the door open.
What is it? The farrow outside the door said something
either in a language Everblight did not know or using an
remember Everblight being ignorant of a tongue.
Arkadius turned to the hunchbacked farrow and ordered,
Maintain the drips, and get me if there are any problems.
He faced the war hog in its alcove. If she tries to move from
that table, render her unconscious. But only unconscious.
Given his ability to control the beast with his mind, the
She felt grateful that his departure gave her a chance to test
the limits of her circumstances. Belphagors body remained
crippled, and the humans drugs were not helping.
Ordinarily she would have tried to rile the warbeast so
she could use that energy to knit its wounds, but that was
impossible. Nor could she muster much of her own blighted
sorcery. Even were she able to manifest her power, killing
the human warlock with the war hog nearby was unlikely.
She summoned her will and reached for Everblights mind
to convey the urgency of her situation. I am in grave peril.

Everblights mastery yet impressive for an ordinary mortal.

She knew at once he had brought her here to dissect and
study her, much as Everblight had done to Iosans below
Issyrah. In her most persuasive tone she said, You will learn
far more from me as an awake and willing participant.
His eyes widened, and he looked at her with his full
attention. She could easily read his expression of amazement

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her with such swiftness that she gasped and trembled. He

roared into her mind, and she could feel his irritation. This
Everblight occupied her body for his own use. His voice
boomed painfully inside her skull. I HAVE NO TIME TO
SPARE FOR YOUR PLIGHT. I LEAVE IT TO YOU TO BEND

THE MORTAL TO YOUR WILL. He was gone again,

sweeping from her mind like a tornado.
A far gentler presence followed. Bethayne felt as if a cold,
soothing hand were touching her cheek. Where are you?
Vayl asked. The barrier caused by her joining with Belphagor
Bethayne admitted, Somewhere south; beyond that I do
not know.

if applied properly. His posture relaxed, and his shoulders

straightened a bit. Organic forms have many advantages
over machines, he answered, his face becoming more
integration of the two allows the whole to exceed the sum
He suddenly frowned as if remembering to whom he was
speaking. I wouldnt expect you to understand.
She smiled slightly. You might be surprised.

Endure. With that simple command, the sense of Vayl

evaporated, leaving only a lingering coolness.

The powerful chemicals injected into Belphagor overcame

consciousness for some time. She struggled up through the
blackness like a swimmer trapped in a frozen river seeking
a hole for air. She knew many hours had passed, as she felt
very thirsty and hungry, but such physical sensations were
The human, assisted as always by Targ, was at work again.
He had removed Belphagors upper armor and was slowly
cutting through a section of its upper left chest. She sensed
compounded the weakness caused by the drugs. She saw
no sign his dissection tools had been applied to her own

purposes.
He met her eyes almost sheepishly, then drew himself up. My
studies require samples. I will not remove anything vital.
Bethayne elaborated, When this creature dies, not only
will I perish, but its body will quickly decompose. You will
learn nothing of its internal structure before it becomes a
He was silent as he considered this, and when he spoke it
was on another matter. To answer your previous question,
my name is Doctor Arkadius. Giving his name to her
had been a type of submission. For the moment she was
in charge of the conversation; she could see he desired to
speak with her further.
Her eyes went to the war hog with its machined arms,
showing where it had been sliced apart and reassembled.
Your work is impressive, Arkadius. I have never seen a
steam engine integrated into a living organism.

You were clearly Nyss, once. When and where did you
learn Cygnaran? Before or after you were exposed to blight?
What are you? His hunger for knowledge was clear. He
reminded her of a freshly spawned carnivean seeking after
meat with single-minded determination.
I am one of the chosen generals of the dragon Everblight.
She saw his mouth drop slightly open at this. Fascination
if I told you I created this creature? I shaped it into being,
spawned it of my blood, my dreams, and my nightmares. It
is as unique as I am.

SHE STRUGGLED UP THROUGH

THE BLACKNESS LIKE A SWIMMER
TRAPPED IN A FROZEN RIVER
SEEKING A HOLE FOR AIR.
He placed a hand on Belphagor. You created this? His
voice conveyed his amazement. How? I cannot even begin
to fathom a method for such a thing.
My blood is protean, ever-malleable, potent with the seeds
of genesis. She saw him respond to the hypnotic rhythm
of her words. I can create more than this, a dizzying
assortment of living forms. I can show you many things,
wondrous things. She poured into her voice the compelling
timbres she had learned as a priestess of Nyssor, her tone
rich and latent with subtle power. Seeing his gloved hand
twitch, she wondered if any of Belphagors blood had
touched him. Blight would open his mind to her.
He shook his head and stepped back. You have no reason
to share such knowledge with me. A slight quaver in his
voice betrayed a longing to hear more.
She lowered her eyes. Despite his resistance she could tell
she was reaching him. Reduce the dosage of whatever you
are applying. Allow me to extract from Belphagor. Yes, that
is its name. Once our connection severs, you can experiment
at will. A fair exchange for my freedom.

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He said nothing but stared at her and chewed on his lower lip.
She spoke again, softly. We are alike you and I. Both of us
do not object to your learning about me. My master seeks
all to understand his beauty, his supremacy. By revealing
myself fully to you, I accomplish his aims. Her voice was
he was responding even if against his inner judgment.
Targ made what might have been an alarmed snort, but
Arkadius ignored it. He glanced to his nearby war hog,
clearly weighing the risks. He was reaching for one of the
valves to the drug drips when the laboratory door swung
open and a farrow pushed through. Even Bethayne could
tell the farrow who entered was no simple brigand. Older
and graying, he wore more elaborate attire, with bits of bone
dangling from tasseled cords and clinking as he moved. He
leaned on a gnarled staff and walked with a slight limp.
He offered the doctor a respectful bow. Arkadius, Cryx
comes. His voice was gruff, but the Cygnaran words were
comprehensible. Must have followed her here. He jerked
his tusks toward the dissection table.
Arkadius folded his arms. What happened? Watching
them closely, Bethayne decided the human was in charge,
though clearly this farrow occupied some position of
authority, likely that of an advisor.
Bonejack rooting around. Destroyed now. Sentries saw
meaningfully toward Bethayne.
From the nearest bench Arkadius picked up his needlebarreled weapon. Very well. Please gather the grunts and
make ready for an armed engagement. He turned to the
up another war hog.
Arkadius looked about to march from the room, but
the older farrow stopped him with a long-nailed and
furred hand on his arm. Wait, the farrow spoke in
conspiratorial tones, they come for her. His eyes as he
met Bethaynes contained a spark of cunning. Offer her.
They may leave.
Arkadius hesitated and looked at her. Bethayne could see
The desire for survival slowly prevailed, and his eyes
went cold. Perhaps you are correct. This may have been a
foolish endeavor.
You dont want to turn me over to them, Arkadius. Her
use of his name made his eyes widen.
No, I do not, he begrudgingly admitted. But between
your survival and mine, there is no choice. He shook
his head sadly. There will be other opportunities, other

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interesting creatures, I am sure. He frowned but stalked

the valves with sharp, decisive twists. It was as if he did
not trust himself to carry through unless he acted quickly.
Bethayne felt her heartbeat accelerate even as Belphagors
slowed down. What will this buy you? Cryx does not care
about the details of your involvement. They will destroy
you regardless. Arkadius, I know you are not stupid. Listen
to me. Her tone was sharp, and she saw she had struck a
chord by insulting his intelligence.

arsenal and are prepared for war, should it come. He might

have believed what he said, but she could tell he was not as
Free me. She put all of her emphasis into the words.
together. You have yet to see my full power.
So you can turn on me when you get the chance? I think
not. You will want vengeance for your capture. I would,
were I you. Agony strained his voice. He looked between
if he were convincing himself.
I do not hold my capture against you, now that we know
There is much to be gained by working together. He shook
his head but frowned as though deliberating. She continued,
Allies of mine converge on this place. If you have given me
over, they will seek your destruction even should you survive
Cryx. I do not want that.

We are connected. All of us. By the dragon we serve.

She could see his interest and persisted, Trust me this
once. I vow there will be no treachery. On my life, on
Belphagors. Even as she made this promise she could feel
her consciousness begin to fade. Her body went numb, and
her eyes began to roll back.
Do not believe her, Doctor, the elder farrow warned.
Despite this his hands were suddenly on the valves,
cranking them entirely the other way to seal them. He then
pulled loose the needled hoses piercing Belphagor.
It did not take long. No ordinary living thing, Belphagor had
time it would have become able to neutralize it completely, as

sent the mental impulse for it to withdraw the hollow bone

shunts and umbilical cords connecting them. She stood

gracefully from the table, several

inches taller than Arkadius. His
needled weapon was in hand,
and he eyed her nervously. She
smiled sweetly as she recovered
her clawed gauntlet and slipped
her hand back into place.
She rested this hand on
Belphagors chest and closed
her eyes as she reached across
their bond to pass her blighted
power through its tissues. She
drew upon its inner vitality and
cycled it through the wellspring
of the athanc shard in her heart,
tissues, closing its wounds,
correcting broken bones, and
repairing
internal
organs.
Speaking over her shoulder,
she said, See to your people.
We will join you soon.
Arkadius stared at her a moment
but then moved toward the door,
gathering the farrow and massive
war hog as he went. They left
Bethayne and Belphagor alone in
the laboratory. Her lips curled in
a small smile.

Bethayne sent to Vayl as she

climbed the stairs. The Vassal
of Everblight snapped, What
happened? I could not reach you. She did not wait for an
answer. I think I have found where you are. We dispatched
our swiftest hunters. Look for Annyssa Ryvaal. Handpicked by Lylyth, Annyssa was the leader of the Legions
raptors, as ruthless as she was capable. Bethayne felt a surge
of appreciation.
Belphagor moved sinuously ahead of Bethayne. They
entrance to the underground laboratory. The air was hot and
uncomfortably dry. The compound occupied a low plateau
surrounded by rocky crags in what she guessed was one of
the western hill ranges of the Bloodstone Marches, given
the reddish hue of the earth. The sparse, thorny vegetation
was cleared for several farrow-built structures. These
seemed reasonably sound, but the arrangement had a hastily
constructed, impermanent look that reminded Bethayne

of Legion encampments, with the exception of the solid,

squat building atop the entrance to Arkadius laboratory. Its
reeking outer wings were clearly home to his stock of beasts
and a large number of enormous, unaltered pigs and boars.
The farrow troops had gathered and looked ready to move, with
an impressive array of brigands alongside others armed with
hefty cleavers. Targ had brought a pair of powerfully built war
hogs and a trio of gun boars. Her arrival into their midst caused
a considerable stir, but she ignored their noises and looks. She
sidled near Dr. Arkadius as he pulled a pair of hefty goggles
over his eyes. She asked, What do your scouts report?
He hesitated only slightly before answering, Several
groups of Cryx have been seen around the perimeter and
outer paths. I believe the main body is north of here. We are

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Bethayne shook her head. It would be a mistake to let them
box us in here. Better to stay on the move and crush what
motivation for this suggestion, given Annyssa was searching
Arkadius nodded at the suggestion as if it had been his plan all
along. He spoke orders to get his farrow underway, dispatching
them in large groups. Bethayne felt a vague urgency, perhaps
rooted in having been incapacitated too long.
They quickly found a small band of Cryxians. The gun boars
sent Belphagor forward to intercept their accompanying
bile thralls. She hurled her magic into the enemy with
savage enthusiasm, delivering blighted power through her
dragonspawn. Showing their lack of discipline, a number
their leaders bullied them back into position. To the north,
Bethayne saw something past the next hill, possibly kicked
up sand and dust. She pointed it out to Arkadius and then
rushed in that direction, forcing the human and his beasts
to hasten after.
Cresting the hill were the swift-moving forms of what had

advancing Cryxian force was extremely familiar to Bethayne,

the same as she had encountered just days before.
The raptors and striders sent punishing volleys of arrows
into the mechanithralls at the fore, buying time for the
heavier elements of their force to keep on the move. Those
bolt throwers. The nephilim soldiers had their short wings
extended to glide over short distances, evading boulders
and clusters of thorny shrub that would otherwise have
their ballistae back toward the enemy.
gaining on Belphagor, who slithered across the dry sands
just ahead of her. The nephilim raised their heads and gave
a shrieking cry of greeting in one voice. Belphagor answered
them with a roar that seemed an echo of Everblight as it
resounded off the nearest hills. The sound would have
put terror into the living but had no impact on the dead.
Helljacks and bonejacks were driving toward them now,
ignoring the arrows sent their way.
Bethayne stopped as the four nephilim reached her. They
gathered around her reverently and kneeled, their eyeless
heads bowed. With a razored claw she made a small cut
along her thigh, just above her armored greaves, letting her
blood coat the blade. She quickly nicked the skin of each
hardy nephilim at the softer portion of their necks. As their

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blood mingled she felt her bond to them strengthen until

they could clearly hear her thoughts and obey her will.
Arkadius and his farrow had caught up with her, but she
ignored their stares and murmuring. The Cryxians were
almost upon them. One of the nephilim soldiers hissed and
raised its sword, moving toward the forward war hog, but
Bethayne directed it toward the Cryxians instead. The others
followed suit, the soldiers advancing toward the unliving
foe as the bolt throwers reloaded their powerful weapons.
Arkadius shouted orders to his farrow, who turned their pig
and bile thralls ahead of the helljacks.
With the striders occupying the enemy, the raptors raced
toward Bethayne. A tall, proud woman led them from atop
an ulk decked in elaborate barding, including an enclosed
helmet with thin slits for its eyes. Sharpened steel blades shone
on its sweeping horns, and the bow the woman wielded was
particularly elaborate. She had an arrow nocked and pointed
at Arkadius, prompting several of the nearest farrow and one
of the gun boars to squeal and aim their weapons toward her
in return. Bethayne addressed her. Annyssa Ryvaal, I greet
you. These are our allies this day. She indicated Arkadius,
his beasts, and the farrow with a sweep of her claw.
As you command, Voice of Everblight. The Talon of
Everblight pointed her bow the other direction and sent its
arrow instead into a Deathripper that was closing on them.
Her raptors sent other arrows toward the swiftly running
machine, and two wedged into the piston mechanisms driving
its legs. Bethayne raised a clawed hand as Belphagor moved
protectively in front of her and sent her power through him
once more, creating a tendril of raw force she used to seize
the Deathripper and yank it violently, shattering its fragile
arc node and nearly ripping off its head.
The raptors wheeled their nimble ulks around and charged
while drawing their swords. Arkadius war hogs rushed
forward as well, bellowing as they raised jack-like hands
with readied axes. Arkadius summoned his will to create a
chaotic array of orange runes around him. The light lit his
lean features ominously from below. His power felt alien
to Bethayne, but she could sense the unleashing of violent
mystical impulses that goaded the war hogs and gun boars
into a rage. Their eyes gleamed with aggression, and they
bloat thrall that landed among them as they closed the
gap with their Cryxian adversaries. Another set of runes
crashed into the approaching Slayer.
Belphagor. Bethayne reached into its essence and summoned

cloud, the thralls crumbled before landing a single blow.

Her will also directed the nephilim soldiers at the forward
edge of the fray. They set upon the black-shelled Corruptor
with enormous swords, delivering crushing blows that
shattered the mechanisms of both its necrojector and its
sludge cannon.
The chaos increased as the gun boars and bolt throwers
melee. The iron lich commanding the machines controlled
them like a master puppeteer, using her mobile bonejacks
to extend the reach of her sickly green runic magic with
devastating impact. Farrow fell before her jacks in droves,
while bile thralls exploded to annihilate striders who could
not destroy them fast enough. Crab-legged necrotechs
lurked behind the main line to repair injured machines.

bonejacks as well as powerful spells to discourage pursuit.

Bethaynes raptors and striders chased the retreating army
as far as the grove of trees nearer the river, but she felt no
desire to go beyond that. Bethayne knew the iron lich had
divided her forces while searching for them; those enemies
could now be consolidating. Nonetheless, whatever the
Cryxian had left would be a fraction of what she had
commanded when she began. Not enough to challenge
them or hinder their return north.
Once they were certain Cryx was gone, Arkadius and his
farrow herded together, weapons in hand, and warily eyed
the blighted Nyss and Bethayne. One of the war hogs was
down, and two of the gun boars were badly injured. Arkadius
was already drawing on his power and using his tools to heal
and repair them. He moved with a haste certainly driven by
concerns regarding their safety. Bethaynes nephilim had

The Leviathan endured several axe blows but managed to

and her force looked the stronger of the two. Arkadius

heavy pig through the air toward Arkadius, who narrowly

escaped being crushed. Several scrap thralls lumbered
toward him, dead bodies transformed into walking bombs.

stepped closer. His eyes were inscrutable behind his goggles.

Bethayne saw panic on Arkadius face. By the time he got

to his feet the shambling automatons would be upon him.
Even as he stood he looked back to her with an expression
of dread, clearly expecting she would betray him. The
bloodthirsty delight. She could not help but laugh, and the
blood left Arkadius face.
Belphagor slithered swiftly toward him. She raised a
clawed hand and sent a surge of blighted power through
her dragonspawn to burst the nearest scrap thrall in an
eruption of spiny bone growths that shredded through
the others staggering toward him. They exploded even in
death, leaving craters in the ground where they had been.
Arkadius had hunkered and covered his head, and his thick
leather coat had protected him from the worst of the blasts.

She offered a small nod and said, My promise to you holds.

By my accounting, you owe me at least two favors: one for
forgiving you for capturing me, and another for saving your
life. Her eyes were mischievous, but he had no doubt of
her sincerity.
debt will be my pleasure. I look forward to our next meeting
and hope for a lengthy exchange of information.
She laughed and turned away to rejoin the other Nyss. I
will come for you. Belphagor moved behind her and turned
back once at Arkadius as they departed, uttering a warning
hiss. With that they marched away, the Nyss eager to return
from these arid and hot lands to their more comfortable icecovered mountains.

She prompted Belphagor to lift him to his feet. The

dragonspawn was none too gentle, and its claw left a
puckered, bleeding hole in his chest that made him groan
in pain. Bethayne considered this a small and deserved
payment. He glared at her through his goggles, but she just
smiled and returned her attention to the battle. Arkadius
scowl became a look of utter fascination and interest as it
dawned on him that not only had she honored her vow, she
had saved his life.
The Cryxian warcaster was masterful, but
experienced enough to see when her force
disadvantage. After her primary helljacks
she began her withdrawal, making use of her

she was
was at a
collapsed,
remaining

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THE LEGION OF EVERBLIGHT

SHAPE OF THE DRAGON

terrifying force without precedent. His warriors have been

blessed with his perfecting blight and are accompanied
by blood-spawned creations conceived in his alien and
nightmarish mind. The dragons legion serves him with a
devotion any god would envy, his followers seeking only to
live and die in his name.
Toruks other progeny have used their blighted essence to
create loyal slaves, but only Everblight has perfected the
application of blight into an art. With it he can enhance,
corrupt, and reshape life in his own image. Freed from the
constraints of a physical form, he has in a handful of years
raised an army to challenge the empire of walking death his
father built over millennia. Everblights forces have been
consciously honed, each soldier and beast an instrument of
his will. He has studied their physical bodies as well as their
spiritual essences and found them suitable vessels for his
ultimate purpose.
He and his army measure victory only in the advancement
of one cause: the destruction and consumption of his
siblings and, eventually, Toruk. Since being freed from his
icy prison, Everblight has initiated a plan of conquest that
has unfolded at a desperate and preternatural pace. Though
the dragon has capitalized on his bodiless existence, this
state has left his legion vulnerable. Without the terrifying
form of a dragon to support them, his forces must rely on
speed and numbers to survive until his greater ambitions
can be achieved. To compensate, his plans must move apace,
requiring actions bold and rash by the timeless standards of
other dragons.

AN EVOLVING LEGION
he still walked the continent clad in nearly imperishable
Morrdh. He bound many of its people to his will and bred
of Morrdh did the dragons bidding but avoided submitting
entirely to his commands, insisting on retaining their free
bargains he made with the short-lived tyrants of this empire.
This era was a fertile period of experimentation and genesis
directly from his blood. The wars of Morrdh proved an
exceptional testing ground to evaluate the creatures combat
serve better or simply destroyed. In time, Everblight created
a host of spawn, each of them a distant echo of his own
glory. In these he accomplished something never done by

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the other dragons, whose spawn were random creatures

that could not be created in number. Despite the clear
Although they were deadly, his spawn required proximity
to their creator to carry out any but the simplest commands.
The dragon realized there was a price for absolute loyalty,
and he desired minions of greater self-will and autonomy.
Before Everblight could move to the next stage of his
experiments, Toruk, the Dragonfather, discovered his
location and descended upon him. Though Everblight
escaped by cunningly leading his father to the hiding
place of one of his siblings, he realized he had to proceed
carefully or risk being discovered anew; the dragonspawn
that were his glory also evidenced his proximity. After
centuries spent recovering from his wounds, Everblight hid
himself within the Skybridge Mountains near Ios and from
there watched the slow decline of its people. In the elves
Everblight saw great opportunity. Severed from their gods,
they were consumed by a spiritual void he knew could be
cataclysm known as the Rivening shatter the minds of their
priests, Everblight took advantage of the chaos to burrow
into forgotten tunnels deep beneath the city of Issyrah.
to send a subtle summons into the Iosan cities, beckoning to
those bereft of hope and yearning for a spiritual connection.
Those few Iosans who felt compelled to make pilgrimages
to Ayislas cursed fane found Everblight waiting for them.
With these unwitting volunteers, the dragon began a process
of slow experimentation, corrupting and shaping their
bodies and minds. In time he hoped to control them entirely
and forge them into a tool for his particular purposes.
For centuries Everblight chose individuals from among
the Iosan people for his deliberate study. Their kinsmen
never knew what became of them. By exposing them
to carefully controlled degrees of blight, he was able to
followers. Everblight gained near-total mastery over their
into lethal weapons.
Before he could fully capitalize on plans centuries in the
making, the Iosans became aware of the threat in their
midst and moved against him. Roused to terrible anger,
Everblight unleashed his full strength on Issyrah and
reduced the city to ruin. In his rage he misjudged the
power of his adversaries, however, and he was eventually
his athanc torn loose, and his mind sealed away and
imprisoned in a remote mountain. This defeat, prompted in

MILITARY OF THE
LEGION OF EVERBLIGHT

EVERBLIGHT
THAGROSH

The Messiah
Prophet of Everblight

TYPHON
VAYL

Disciple of Everblight
(Arcane Research,
Warlock Seneschal)

ABSYLONIA

LYLYTH

Herald and Shadow of Everblight

(Master of Scouts,
Strike Force Leader)

While answerable to Vayl,

Saeryn and Ryas keep their own counsel

BETHAYNE

Terror of Everblight
(Spawning Master,
Strike Force Leader)

SAERYN

Voice of Everbligh
(Strike Force Leader)

Omen of Everblight
(Strike Force Leader)

RHYAS

Sigil of Everbligh
(Strike Force Leader, Assassin)

Thagrosh's Direct Dominion

GROTESQUES
Lylyth's Direct Dominion

OGRUN WAR CHIEFS

ANNYSSA RYVAAL
Talon of Everblight

VARIOUS DEATHSTALKERS

RAPTORS

FARILOR, BLADEGUARD
OF THE PROPHET
LEGIONNAIRES

WARSPEARS &
WARMONGERS
Vayl's Direct Dominion

STRIDERS
SORCERERS

No Specific Dominion

ARCHERS

Led by various senior sorcerers

SWORDSMEN

SHEPHERDS

No specific leadership hierarchy

BAYAL, HOUND
OF EVERBLIGHT
HEX HUNTERS

SPAWNING VESSEL
FABRICATION
BLIGHTED ARCANE SUPPORT
Includes spell martyrs, forsaken,
incubation of incubi

STRIKE FORCE HIERARCHY

WARLOCK

Some senior Nyss are given authority

over other Legion elements

Chosen generals of Everblight, obeyed as

physical embodiments of the dragon's will

NYSS SHARDS

Led by priors
May include mixed fighting elements

OGRUN TRIBES
LARGE NYSS
HUNTING PACKS

Led by deacons
Packs include cohesive
fighting elements

NYSS HUNTING GROUPS

Led by vassals
Groups include cohesive
fighting elements

Led by war chiefs

ANCILLARY SPECIALTIES
Including sorcerers,
shepherds, spawning vessels

OGRUN WAR GROUPS

Led by deacons

GROTESQUES

The most intelligent grotesques

gain natural dominance

OGRUN WARBANDS
Led by vassals
Comprise either warspears
or warmongers

BLIGHTED
ARCANE SUPPORT
Spell Martyrs,
Forsaken, Incubi

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THE LEGION OF EVERBLIGHT

BLIGHT AND THE NYSS

Beyond those refugees who fled the north, the majority of the
surviving Nyss are tainted with the dragons blight. Though
their god, Nyssor, was among them at the time of Everblights
appearance, he was too deep in slumber to steel most of his
people against the dragons influence. The blight washed
over them like a cleansing tide, marking them indelibly in
body and mind. Everblight had mastered his manipulation
of elven flesh during his centuries beneath Issyrah, and the
changes he wrought among the Nyss were profound.
His greatest achievement is also his most insidious: every
Nyss afflicted by his blight becomes instinctually loyal to the
dragon. Though not slavishly bound to his will, the blighted
Nyss are predisposed to basking in his glory. This loyalty
cannot be broken, for it is woven into the very being of
each Nyss. To unravel it would be to unravel that individuals
mind and body. The Nyss manifest the effects of the blight
in a variety of other physical, mental, and cultural ways as
well. In almost all instances they have become more prone
to cruelty, their ethics and morality eroded by their devotion
to Everblight.
The dragon has carefully manipulated the qualities he finds
most useful in his vassals. Those affected by his blight have
become more draconic in their forms and more instinctive
and animalistic in their thinking. Patches of scales erupt
across flesh distorted by boney ridges and protrusions,
giving the beings an unquestionably reptilian cast. The
blight has changed some so significantly they scarcely
resemble the elves they once were, and their basest
primitive instincts are now unconstrained and enhanced.
The most skilled Nyss hunters became like the cruel birds of
prey they had long revered. Others developed in ways just
as startling, transforming into the perfect blighted weapons
their master required.
More disturbingly, Everblights influence has wrought a
change in the reproductive cycle of the Nyss. Their birthrates
have increased to a clearly unnatural level, and those born
since the gift of the blight mature at an accelerated pace. It
seems likely their life spans will be dramatically abbreviated
as well, but not enough time has passed since the absorption
of the Nyss for the full impact of these alterations to be felt.
Everblight cares only that his legion can rapidly replenish its
losses. If he manages to establish strongholds where his army
can propagate, it is possible that one day their numbers may
eclipse that of their Iosan cousins, who suffer from steeply
rising infertility. Everblight considers this change to be only
one of many signs his modified creations are superior to their
original forms.

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part by giving in to his internal rage rather than following

his reason, forever changed how Everblight viewed the
limits of his power and the necessity of creating an army.
For years during this imprisonment, Everblight knew
only mindless rage and despair, but eventually rationality
returned. Slowly he grew aware of the proximity of the
Nyss who made their homes not far from his prison.
Occupied with hunting and survival amid the harsh, frozen
mountains and offering worship to their god of winter,
Nyssor, these rustic people lived simpler lives than the
Iosans. Their bodies and souls were similar to those he
had studied for so long, and he saw a chance to salvage his
plans. When the weak-minded ogrun Thagrosh came within
range of the dragons silent whispers, he was compelled to
retrieve Everblights imprisoned athanc and plunge it into
his own chest. With the dragons essence guiding his steps,
the ogrun walked down into the valleys of the Nyss to begin
a war of subjugation.
As the dragon spread his blight among the Nyss, their
society was torn apart. Betrayed from the inside by their
own sorceress Vayl Hallyr, the Nyss shards fell one by one to
Everblights corruption. The one-time tyrant of her own tribe
of the various Nyss shards. At her direction Everblight
co-opted the strongest and set them to destroy those she
selected as too troublesome to be worth conversion. When
it became clear resistance brought only death, the survivors,
the south. Within weeks the dragon possessed the core of a
new legion, one that had already begun to transform into
something new and unprecedented. Whatever aspects of
their Nyss culture his new adherents retained, they shaped
for a new purpose; those elements deemed unimportant
remnants of their past existence, they culled.
Soon thereafter, the Legion gathered ancillary forces from
the regions neighboring the Shard Spires of the Nyss.
Everblight had chosen Thagrosh as a matter of necessity
his army quickly descended upon a number of outlying
mountain villages of this species. Ogrun do not react as
predictably to the blight as Nyss do, as Everblight has not
spent time studying their essence, but these warriors added
much-needed brawn to the swift and subtle forces arisen
would soon become the vital core from which the rest of his
army would be expanded and evolved.

THE DRAGONS
CHOSEN

During
the
centuries
the
dragon spent imprisoned and
disembodied, he thought and
planned.
Everblight
delved
into the study of the limitations
and structure of his athanc
for decades, learning more of
its secrets than the rest of his
siblings combined. Even the
Dragonfather had never been
forced into the necessity of
such focused self-examination.
Everblight arrived at a method
whereby he could divide his
essence and implant portions
into worthy vessels while
retaining his own consciousness.
He had the perfect tool for this
procedure in one of the weapons
he had forged in the time of
Morrdh, originally intended
to be wielded against the
other dragons. Once Thagrosh
recovered that weapon, he was
ready to begin.
Everblights decision to remain
formless and execute his plans
through proxy hosts was
not born solely out of fear of
Toruk and the other dragons,
although he was keenly aware
of the dangers that would face
him if he regained his draconic
body too soon. Because his very essence resides in each
of his warlocks, no distance can separate them from the
commands of their master. Each of his hosts can instantly
the warlocks can also communicate with one another.
Through this network of minds Everblight is able to
coordinate his legion over vast distances, while keeping
his consciousness safe. Even were another dragon to kill a
number of his warlocks and absorb their shards, it would
require the consumption of all of them for Everblight to be
truly destroyed.
In addition, each of his chosen generals can command
a whole host of dragonspawn, manipulating nearby
warbeasts as instruments of their will just as Everblight

input of their beasts grants them considerable situational

Everblights chosen instruments are not mindless pawns,
acknowledgment of their supreme competence and
eyes at any time, Everblight grants them great autonomy,
interfering only when necessary. He is shaping each
warlock in a different direction, though all must sometimes
overcome setbacks or failure in order to become greater
the warlocks know they can never fully fathom the mind
of their master and that his favor must be earned by acts
of distinction.

force of their armies, and their ability to share the sensory

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THE LEGION OF EVERBLIGHT

Equally important to Everblight is the ability of his
warlocks to create the creatures his legion requires: though
the advantages of his disembodied state are many, in this
form he cannot directly generate spawn. Fortunately his
mastery over his blighted essence has enabled him to
bestow the secret of the beasts creation upon his warlocks.
The connection between his athanc shard and the warlocks
living hearts imbues each warlock with the ability to generate
Everblights blood within her veins, where it mingles with
their lesser essence. With adequate preparation time and a

THE NEW ORDER

can be created. The generation of the least spawn requires

little blood and recovery time, but creating the greatest
beasts exhausts and virtually exsanguinates a warlock.
Efforts are underway to overcome this limitation by crafting
spawning vessels able to transmute baser organic materials

It has been only a few short years since Thagrosh brought

the Nyss the blighted message of their new master, yet
Everblights circumstances required these new converts to
function as an effective army immediately. The primary

A warlock can create dragonspawn anywhere, but bases of

operation for such undertakings are sometimes necessary.
Semi-permanent facilities are required to produce vital
weaponry, including weapons, armor, and spawning
vessels. Remote locations serve best for these carefully
guarded outposts to avoid drawing the attention of rival
dragons or enemy armies.

HEARING THE DRAGONS VOICE

Those individuals graced with a shard from Everblights
athanc can hear his thoughts with total clarity. The
dragons voice comes unbidden and wordless to each
warlock with a resonance that touches the very fiber of
the soul. His warlocks instantly understand any truth he
reveals to them, seeing his memories as their own. Through
this connection Everblight can grant his warlocks access
to chosen portions of his vast knowledge and experience,
including mastery of myriad languages, such as the secret
tongue of the dragons, Tkra.
While Everblight can see through every warlocks eyes and
speak to them with distinct conversations simultaneously,
his attention is usually more narrowly focused. At times
the dragon seals his thoughts from his warlocks entirely,
forcing them to rely on their own counsel. Everblight may
speak to them unbidden at any time, but his attention must
be solicited, and any warlock who puts forth idle requests
or seeks aid when her own powers will suffice risks
provoking his wrath. A natural hierarchy of access to the
dragon has formed over time, with most of the warlocks
preferring to speak to Everblight through Thagrosh as his
chosen prophet and messiah.

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Though only a few exceptional Nyss have been found

worthy of hosting a fragment of Everblights athanc, there
is no question this race is favored above all others in his
glory. Having cast off the yoke of servitude to their frozen
god, the Nyss came to accept their destiny at the vanguard
of the rising dragons army. Those so transformed are still in
the process of determining what their new society will be;
the pressures of survival and functioning as an army have
taken priority over any longer-term considerations.

Dragons willing disciples. Vayl rose to unify and lead the

blighted Nyss in Everblights name, given permission by
Thagrosh to oversee the details of this complex endeavor.
The dragons blight made the Nyss more cruel and predatory
as they cast aside countless generations of tradition in a brief
period of upheaval and slaughter. The atrocities committed
in that he wished his army to be as large as possible. Vayl
brutally quelled this violence, ensuring the core of the
Nyss survived this transformative period. Once order was
restored, Vayl applied her unconditional authority toward
a fundamental reorganization of the dragons new army.
Although many elements of Nyss culture were abandoned as
unnecessary remnants of an extinct society, some traditions
were easier to adapt, and several groups remained mostly

Everblight sought. Similarly, the rangers were reshaped

into the striders. A group of sacred warriors once called
the ryssovass became the Legionnaires, sworn to protect
Thagrosh as his inner guard with their traditional weapons,
Most Nyss continued to identify strongly with the tribes
into which they were born as well as their extended hunting
groups, or shards. Vayl set these ties to a new purpose by
establishing the shards as the basic divisions of the legion,
Each shard is led by a prior, a captain of the Legion who
formally carries the title of aransor once reserved to elders of
the Fane of Nyssor. Deacons in charge of large hunting packs
within the shards serve as the priors chosen lieutenants,
while smaller hunting groups are supervised by ruthless

EYES OF THE DRAGON

FIRST SCOUT SHARD OF THE SHADOW OF EVERBLIGHT

Tasked with gathering intelligence for the Legion, Lylyth
Voassyr is the most prominent forward commander in
Everblights army. Her wide-ranging reconnaissance not
only covers the mountains of Rhul and the far north but
also extends farther south into the forests and mountains
of western Immorens heartland. The unforgiving pace
she sets requires her forces to be made up of the swiftest
and hardiest Nyss, the only ones who can hope to keep
up with her and her favored dragonspawn. Those
chosen to accompany Lylyth must be prepared to live
for months at a time without even the meager comforts
of the Legions basic camps.
Each strider is expected to maintain a grueling pace
while avoiding observation by any potential enemies.
The feeding of her spawn is one of the primary tasks
assigned to her striders. Each of them knows they will

beasts eat.

LEADERSHIP
Lylyth Voassyr, Herald and Shadow of Everblight
Annyssa Ryvaal, Talon of Everblight
Deathstalkers Fysel, Kaevan, Shaness, and Treyfal

CORE ASSETS
2~ 0 Warbeasts (especially Raeks, Seraphs, and lesser warbeasts)
3~ 0 Striders
60+ Archers
2~ 0 Raptors

Above all others and speaking with the authority of the

dragon are the warlocks. With boundless dominion they
command the dragons unnatural armies, drawing their
forces from the ranks as required. Some, like Vayl and
Lylyth, oversee a larger aspect of the Legion of Everblight,
but the majority act as strike force commanders who go
where and when he wills.
Blighted Nyss sorcerers aid and advise the warlocks and
stand just below them in authority. Sorcery has always been
a part of Nyss life, but the dragon's touch has transformed
and, in some cases, augmented powers once linked to
the Fane of Nyssor. In addition to being able to invoke
traditional Nyss magics of wind and cold, many Legion
sorcerers exhibit control over the blighted energy that

Although her primary charge is reconnaissance, Lylyth

does not shy from battle when given the opportunity to
thwart any of her masters numerous enemies. Outlying
forts, Rhulic patrols, and trollblood warbands that might
interfere with the greater workings of the Legion are all
potential targets. Those that cross her path invariably
vanish, leaving only a few red stains in the snow to mark
the place they were ambushed.

mastery of the written Aeric language and so are involved

in the fabrication of important weapons and tools. They
are generally more intelligent and possess greater initiative
than most of the dragons warriors.
Even before their blighting, the Nyss had developed
abilities that would serve them well in facing the challenges
Everblights legion would encounter. They were a hardy,
nomadic people, seasoned hunters and killers accustomed
to moving rapidly across vast distances with great selfsurvival against the elements, beasts of the wild, and those
who trespassed against them. Through periodic clashes
with trollkin, humans, and occasional Rhulic patrols, they

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THE LEGION OF EVERBLIGHT

ADOPTED SONS OF
THE DRAGON
While Nyss make up the
majority of Everblights Legion,
there are substantial auxiliary
elements, in particular the
blighted ogrun. Though each
ahead, the Nyss and ogrun do
not coexist comfortably. These
groups
remain
segregated
in daily life, only mixing as
forces. In daily life the Nyss
see ogrun as brutish and
indiscriminately violent, an
opinion only reinforced by the
inevitable Nyss casualties from
berserk ogrun.
The blight turned ogrun into
brutal creatures more akin to
the ravening hordes of Caens
primordial past than to the noble
people unblighted ogrun have
proven to be elsewhere, such as
in Rhul. While they retained their
traditions, the blight infected
them with unbridled savagery
and an unquenchable thirst for
blood. Abandoning their ancient
ways, they venerated Everblight
his prophet Thagrosh
unquestioned korune.

Everblight abandoned his designs on the more settled

nature even better suited his needs during these crucial
early days of his protean army. His soldiers would live off
the land, foraging and seizing all they required. They would
be constantly on the move, halting their progress only to
generate new spawn to replace those lost in battle. Surprise
and mobility would be Everblights greatest weapons.
The blighted Nyss quickly moved outside their original
territory. Initially they fell upon remote human and trollkin
villages, where fresh meat and blood were plentiful and
which would become the staging grounds on which
hundreds of warbeasts would be birthed. They saw in

their

The command structure of these

ogrun is similarly basic, rooted in
their feudal traditions. Individual ogrun serve those better
and stronger than themselves, who take the title of vassal
just as their Nyss counterparts do. Those ogrun strong
enough to earn the respect of several vassals take on the
role of deacons, who serve as lieutenants to the war chiefs.
The size of the warbands under the control of each war chief
varies considerably, but some have gathered hundreds of
proven warspears and warmongers.
War chiefs have nearly absolute authority over their sizable
tribes but are united in their reverence of Thagrosh and
consider themselves sworn to him. Thagrosh rarely delivers
orders to them directly, but his aloof bearing does not
have no authority over the Nyss, and occasionally the ogrun

dragonspawn birthed of Nyss mothers.

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are directed to heed the orders of senior Nyss, reinforcing

their lower stature. The ogrun do not seem to resent this,
for they believe they have a special connection to Thagrosh.

THE RISE TO SUPREMACY

Almost immediately after the creation of the new legion,
Everblights armies fought numerous skirmishes and
small battles against the other inhabitants of the northern
bloody, they were but preparation for the furtherance of
Everblights true imperative: to strengthen himself against
Khadoran communities had long been out of touch with
larger armed garrisons, so retaliations from Khador were
as the Legion made itself known.
A shift in plans was prompted by intelligence provided
by one of Cryxs warcasters, an eldritch called Goreshade.
This unlikely emissary brought to Everblights attention the
He offered this vital information as part of a bargain for
future access to the god Nyssor, should Everblight be in
a position to have access to that divine entity. Nyssor had
already escaped with the unblighted Nyss refugees and
Everblight did not yet have possession of the god, but the
dragon saw no reason not to agree to the bargain.
of the information; when she did, he wasted no time in
committing the majority of his armies to an unprecedented
Keys. This advance was a remarkable achievement that
required the Legion to cross hundreds of miles, including
the territory of several enemy hosts. The haste with which
they moved drew unwelcome attention, particular that of
the Circle Orboros.
through the soldiers of the Skorne Empire that held the Castle
body and seized the athanc within. This victory came at
a great price, bringing great casualties to Thagroshs host.
Very few dragonspawn created for the assault survived,
but the losses were nothing to Everblight compared to the
Thagrosh consumed their prize even before pulling his army
from the battle site, to allow the stone to fuse to Everblights
athanc and thereby tremendously amplify his masters
collective power. The full absorption of this rival dragon
proved to be slower and more arduous than Everblight
had expected; his own nature was divided among his

THE NEPHILIM
The nephilim occupy a unique place in the emerging society
of the Legion. The ultimate expression of their masters
sadistic genius, these unnatural creatures owe their genesis
to a fusion of elven flesh and blighted essence. Belying their
monstrous forms, each nephilim possesses a sentient soul
inherited from its Nyss parentage. This soul bestows upon
them considerable free will and a degree of independent
intelligence lacking in other spawn.
The nephilim are a wholly new species utterly unlike the
race from which they were derived. Isolated from the
clannish Nyss society, the creatures naturally gravitate
toward warlocks, whom they revere as the only individuals
as close to their dragon father as they are themselves. In
years to come they may develop the rudiments of their
own culture, but for now they seem willing to devote their
lives to loyal service.

Castle of the Keys. Evading the pursuing Circle forced the

Legion to divide. Most of the dragons soldiers continued
moving overland to keep the attention of their foes and
hazardous journey in barely passable subterranean tunnels
known only to Everblight, travelling beneath Ios toward a
safer haven in southern Rhul.
The Prophet of Everblight was barely conscious during most
of the journey, and only the cunning and battle prowess
of Everblights chosen warlocks made the survival of the
Legion possible. The blight wracking the ogruns body
required the sorcerous assistance of both Vayl and Saeryn
to regulate and contain so that Thagrosh could complete
metamorphosis were vast. All of Everblights warlocks were
strengthened, and the Messiah was later able to generate
the terrible beast Typhon, greatest of the dragonspawn.
As great as these gains were, they were ultimately mere
Everblights personal potency.
they worked to restore the armys strength. Key to this was
a reunion with Absylonia, who had been left in the north to
create dragonspawn to replace those that would inevitably
needed spawn were soon joined by others newly made at
an impromptu base created from an isolated Rhulic mining
village the Legion discovered and seized. Thanks to the
tactics employed at the Castle of the Keys, most of the Nyss
soldiers had survived both that battle and the subsequent

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THE LEGION OF EVERBLIGHT

AERIC RUNES
Before the coming of Everblight, only priests and sorcerers
were literate in Aeric, the language of the Nyss. This language
shares origins with Shyr, the language of Ios, but over
centuries the Aeric runes developed into a distinct alphabet.
With most of the Nyss population illiterate, the written
form of the language became increasingly venerated. These
writings were inextricably linked to the Fane of Nyssor and
the lore of the God of Winter.
When the Legion expunged all worship of Nyssor and the
priests of the frozen god fled, the blighted sorcerers seized
control over the written language. By their efforts the
Legions Nyss still view the written sigils with reverence
but now associate them with the worship of Everblight and
the ritualized control of the dragons blight. Nyss sorcerers
have fused the lore of Aeric runes with both draconic occult
secrets passed to them by Everblights chosen warlocks and
their own power over the blight in an effort to expand the
Legions arsenal. Their greatest success has been the creation
of spawning vessels, developed under Vayls guidance.
Everblight and his warlocks see tremendous potential for
future discoveries by tapping into the power of these runes.
They continue to encourage the sorcerers to conduct ongoing
research into further adaptations of the Nyss sacred language
into an even more complex and useful arcane tool.

chase. In addition, their accelerated birth and maturity

cycles replaced those lost at a rate that would have been
For Everblight this was not enough, and in his impatience
he began to further modify several select groups of Nyss
to become new weapons in his arsenal. Several new Nyss
and draconic hybrids arose of these desperate efforts, the
most immediately successful being the grotesques. These
months rather than years, though their undeveloped minds
While such warriors could never rise to the leadership
echelons of the Legion, Everblight knew they would serve
as useful fodder in his wars, where their abbreviated life
spans would not be a liability.
Throughout his frenzied recovery period, Everblight knew
well the dangers of keeping his warlocks in one place.
Though the Legion was strongest when gathered, this also
endangered them in the case of a massive attack by their
myriad enemies, particularly the great rival dragons. The
likelihood of a threat from this quarter increased after
Everblight sensed a communication between the dragons,
a message and summons sent directly across their athancs
unnoticed, as he had been part of an alliance against Lord
Toruk that Everblight had never joined.
With such enemies scheming against him, Everblight
prepared to scatter his might for the next phase of his
operations. By keeping on the move and spreading his forces
across a wide region, he can ensure their long-term survival
as they plan their next strike. The dragons plans beyond
this are uncertain. Some of the warlocks expect orders to
retaliate against the Circle Orboros for their persistence
in seeking the Legions destruction. It may be they will be
sent against other targets of opportunity instead or even be
enlisted as part of some plan to make further gains against
the dragon alliance.
creativity, and will to survive. There is no question that in
the end Everblight will defeat the other dragons and alone
stand against Toruk. He will consume the Dragonfather and
take his rightful place as last and greatest of all the dragons.

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LEGION THEME FORCES

ABSYLONIA, TERROR OF EVERBLIGHT
WINDS OF CHANGE
WARBEASTS

UNITS

SOLOS

Non-character Legion
warbeasts, Typhon

Spawning Vessel

Blighted Nyss Shepherds,

The Forsaken

TIER 1

TIER 3

Requirements: The army can include only the models

listed above.

Requirements: The army includes two or more Forsaken

solos.

Increase the FA of Forsaken solos by +1 for each

heavy warbeast in the army.

For each Forsaken solo in the army, one heavy

warbeast in Absylonias battlegroup gains Advance
Move. (Before the start of the game but after both players
have deployed, a model with Advance Move can make a
full advance.)

TIER 2
Requirements: Absylonias battlegroup includes three or
more lesser warbeasts.
Lesser warbeasts in Absylonias battlegroup gain
Advance Deployment .

TIER 4
Requirements: Absylonias battlegroup includes two or
more heavy warbeasts.
Reduce the point cost of heavy warbeasts by 1.

BETHAYNE, VOICE OF EVERBLIGHT

BLACK MAGIC
WARBEASTS

UNITS

SOLOS

Non-character Legion
warbeasts

Spawning Vessel, Legion units

with Magic Ability

The Forsaken, Incubi, Spell

Martyrs, Legion solos with
Magic Ability

TIER 1
Requirements: The army can include only the models
listed above.
Increase the FA of Blighted Nyss Sorceress &
Hellion solos by +1 for each unit in the army. Additionally,
reduce the point cost of Blighted Nyss Sorceress & Hellion
solos by 1.

TIER 2
Requirements: The army includes two or more Blighted
Nyss Sorceress & Hellion solos.
For each Blighted Nyss Sorceress & Hellion solo
in the army, you can redeploy one model/unit after both

turn. The redeployed models must be placed on the table

in a location they could have been deployed initially.

TIER 3
Requirements: The army includes two or more units with
Magic Ability.
Increase the COST of spells and animi cast by

TIER 4
Requirements: Bethaynes battlegroup includes two or
more heavy warbeasts.
Warbeasts in Bethaynes battlegroup gain +2 SPD

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LYLYTH, HERALD OF EVERBLIGHT

HUNTER KILLERS
WARBEASTS

UNITS

SOLOS

Non-character Legion
warbeasts

Blighted Nyss Archers,

Blighted Nyss Raptors, Legion
units with Stealth

Incubi, Legion solos with

Stealth

TIER 1

TIER 3

Requirements: The army can include only the models

listed above.

Requirements: The army includes Annyssa Ryvaal.

Place Annyssa Ryvaal and Blighted Nyss Raptor
units after normal deployment. These models are placed at
the same time as you models with Advance Deployment
(if any). These models must be placed within your normal
deployment zone.

Blighted Nyss Raptor units in this army become

FA 2. Additionally, you gain +1 on your starting roll for
the game.

TIER 2

TIER 4

Requirements: The army includes two Blighted Nyss

Archer units.

Requirements: Lylyths battlegroup includes two or more

Raek warbeasts.

Add an attachment to one Blighted Nyss Archer

unit free of cost. This attachment does not count toward
FA restrictions.

Lesser warbeasts and Raeks in Lylyths

battlegroup gain Advance Move. (Before the start of the
game but after both players have deployed, a model with
Advance Move can make a full advance.)

LYLYTH, SHADOW OF EVERBLIGHT

RAVENS OF WAR
WARBEASTS

UNITS

SOLOS

Non-character Legion
warbeasts with ranged
weapons

Blighted Nyss Raptors,

Blighted Nyss Striders

Strider solos, Annyssa Ryvaal

TIER 1

Requirements: The army includes two or more Strider

Deathstalker solos.

Blighted Nyss Strider units become FA U.

Additionally, increase the FA of Strider Deathstalker solos
by +1 for every unit in the army.

For every two Strider Deathstalker solos in the army,

place one 4 AOE forest template anywhere completely
within 20 of the back edge of Lylyths deployment zone after
terrain has been placed but before either player deploys his
army. Forest templates cannot be placed within 3 of another
terrain feature, including other forest templates.

TIER 2
Requirements: The army includes two Blighted Nyss
Strider units.
Add an attachment to one Blighted Nyss Strider
unit free of cost. This attachment does not count toward
FA restrictions.

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TIER 3

Requirements: The army can include only the models listed

above.

TIER 4

Requirements: Lylyths battlegroup includes three or

more warbeasts.
Warbeasts in Lylyths battlegroup gain +2 SPD

RHYAS, SIGIL OF EVERBLIGHT

ALPHA STRIKE
WARBEASTS

UNITS

SOLOS

Non-character Legion
warbeasts

Blighted Nyss Hex Hunters,

Blighted Nyss Swordsmen,
Blackfrost Shard

Blighted Nyss Shepherds,

Incubi

TIER 1

TIER 3

Requirements: The army can include only the models

listed above.

Requirements: The army includes the Blackfrost Shard

unit.

You gain +1 on your starting roll for the game.

Additionally, Blighted Nyss Swordsman units and
Blighted Nyss Swordsman unit attachments become FA U.

TIER 2

TIER 4
Requirements: Rhyas battlegroup includes two or more
Angelius warbeasts.

Requirements: The army includes two or more Blighted

Nyss Swordsman units.

Reduce the point cost of Angelius warbeasts in

Rhyas battlegroup by 1.

Blighted Nyss Swordsman units gain +2 SPD

SAERYN, OMEN OF EVERBLIGHT

FALLEN ANGELS
WARBEASTS

UNITS

SOLOS

Non-character Legion
warbeasts with Flight,
Nephilim warbeasts

Legion units with Flight

Blighted Nyss Shepherd,

Blighted Nyss Sorceress &
Hellion, Spell Martyrs

TIER 1

TIER 3

Requirements: The army can include only the models

listed above.

Requirements: Saeryns battlegroup includes two or more

heavy warbeasts with Flight.

Spell Martyr solos gain Advance Deployment

Your deployment zone is extended 2 forward.

TIER 2

TIER 4

Requirements: The army includes one or more Blighted

Nyss Sorceress & Hellion solos.

Requirements: Saeryns battlegroup includes three or

more Nephilim warbeasts.

You gain +1 on your starting roll for the game.

Add one non-character Nephilim warbeast to the

army free of cost.

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THAGROSH, PROPHET OF EVERBLIGHT

ARMY OF ANNIHILATION
WARBEASTS

UNITS

SOLOS

Non-character Legion
warbeasts

Spawning Vessels, Blighted

Ogrun units

The Forsaken, Blighted Ogrun

solos

TIER 1

TIER 3

Requirements: The army can include only the models

listed above.

Requirements: The army includes one or more Spawning

Vessel units.

Blighted Ogrun units become FA U. Additionally,

Spawning Vessels become FA 2.

Lesser warbeasts in Thagroshs battlegroup gain

Advance Deployment .

TIER 2

TIER 4

Requirements: The army includes two or more Blighted

Ogrun units.

Requirements: Thagroshs battlegroup includes two or

more heavy warbeasts.

Add a War Monger War Chief solo free of cost.

This solo ignores FA restrictions.

Your deployment zone is extended 2 forward.

THAGROSH, THE MESSIAH

DRAGONS HOST
WARBEASTS

UNITS

SOLOS

Non-character Legion
warbeasts, Typhon

Blighted Nyss Legionnaires,

Legion units with Flight

Blighted Nyss Shepherds,

Incubi, Spell Martyrs, The
Forsaken, Legion solos
with Flight

TIER 1

TIER 3

Requirements: The army can include only the models

listed above.

Requirements: The army includes two or more Blighted

Nyss Legionnaire units.

Blighted Nyss Legionnaires become FA U.

Additionally, units and solos with Flight gain Advance
Deployment .

TIER 2
Requirements: The army includes one or more Blighted
Nyss Sorceress & Hellion solos.
You gain +1 on your starting roll for the game.

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Blighted Nyss Legionnaire units gain +2 SPD

TIER 4
Requirements: The army includes two or more heavy
warbeasts.
For every two heavy warbeasts in the army, add
a Blighted Nyss Shepherd solo to the army free of cost.
These solos ignore FA restrictions.

VAYL, DISCIPLE OF EVERBLIGHT

WINTER STORM
WARBEASTS

UNITS

SOLOS

Non-character Legion
warbeasts

Spawning Vessel, Blighted

Nyss units

Blighted Nyss Shepherds,

Incubi, Spell Martyrs, Legion
solos with Magic Ability

TIER 1

TIER 3

Requirements: The army can include only the models

listed above.

Requirements: The army includes the Spawning Vessel

unit.

Blighted Nyss Hex Hunter units become FA U.

TIER 2
Requirements: The army includes two Blighted Nyss Hex
Hunter units.
Add Bayal, Hound of Everblight to one Blighted
Nyss Hex Hunter unit free of cost.

Warbeasts in Vayls battlegroup gain +2 SPD

TIER 4
Requirements:
warbeasts.
The LOS of models without Eyeless Sight
reduced to 8

is

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WARLOCKS OF THE LEGION

chosen by the dragon to be instruments for his
blighted power. Within the heart of each of them resides a
fragment of his athanc, the crystalline essence of the dragon
himself. These athanc shards create a deep connection
between the warlocks and their master as well as between
those in the dragons service and the myriad monstrosities
birthed from his blighted blood.
Though Everblights warlocks are great leaders and
warriors with ambitions and motivations of their own, the
dragons voice is ever with them, and in times of need they
act as living manifestations of his will. The unique link
between the warlocks and the dragon allows the Legion to
act in perfect and instantaneous coordination, exploiting a
unity its enemies cannot hope to replicate.
Additionally, the dragons athanc provides Legion
warlocks with a number of subtler advantages. Everblights
constant presence in the minds of his warlocks grants them
access to his immense knowledge, a trove of memories and
experiences beyond the ken of mortals with their limited
life spans. Since implanting pieces of his athanc within his
chosen, Everblight remembers their varied experiences as if
they were his own memories. Through him, other warlocks
enables them to learn from circumstances far outside their
own limited perspectives: they may recollect details about
enemies they have not fought or perfectly traverse hostile
landscapes they have never seen with their own eyes.
Exploiting the advantages of both this deep communion
and their seamless coordination of scattered Legion assets,
against even more numerous enemy forces.
With the exception of the mighty ogrun Thagrosh, all
Legion warlocks to date have been drawn from the
ranks of the Nyss, a race of elves long isolated from their
Iosan cousins. Everblight has an intimate history with
the elves, having spent many centuries observing them,
delving into the secrets of their spiritual essence, and
experimenting to discover ways his blight might take hold
within their bodies. His plans for Ios and its inhabitants
destroyed, preventing the dragon from capitalizing on his
labors as he had expected. Nevertheless, the knowledge
Everblight gained by studying the Iosans has borne fruit
with the Nyss, the majority of whom now serve the dragon
and bear his blight.

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Though several Legion warlocks had some degree of

sorcerous ability before Everblight chose them to be vessels
for his power, the pure draconic potency of his athanc

avatars, the power of the athanc is great enough to grant

terrifying arcane capability to a species entirely lacking the
native capacity to manipulate such forces. It has been an
altogether simpler matter to unlock the greater inherent
arcane potential of the Nyss.
Bearing a piece of Everblights athanc allows each Legion
warlock to manifest and shape the dragons blighted
and no mortal creature can contain even a fraction of it
without undergoing physiological changes. As a result,
all Legion warlocks exhibit draconic attributes, such as
horns, protruding spikes, or wings. The degree to which
these physical qualities manifest depends on a combination
of factors, including the warlocks natural resistance to
blighted energy and the size of the athanc fragment she
bears. Despite these variances, the changes wrought by
Everblights power are not random mutations but part of
an ongoing evolutionary sequence intended to perfect each
warlock according to her nature as well as her place as a
leader within the Legion.
Without doubt, the most potent ability granted to
Everblights warlocks is the power to create dragonspawn
from their own blood, just as the dragon himself can do.
blood in order to spawn almost any warbeast in the Legions
arsenal. Creating the largest spawn in this way is an
exhausting undertaking that leaves a warlock temporarily
vulnerable, however, so a warlock will attempt to do so in

SAERYN & RHYAS

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ABSYLONIA,
TERROR OF EVERBLIGHT
LEGION BLIGHTED NYSS WARLOCK
If Everblights blessing puts shape to the killer within us, what is at the heart of Absylonia?
Saeryn, the Omen of Everblight

ABSYLONIA
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

16 14

BLIGHT CLAW
POW

P+S

13

FURY
DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
WARBEAST POINTS
SMALL BASE

6
16
C
+5

FEAT: PANACEA

SPELLS
BLIGHT FIELD

dragon is able to mend with

an alacrity that mocks lesser
creatures. By sending forth an
invigorating feast of blighted
power, Absylonia erases her
own injuries and devours the
wounds of the dragonspawn
near her. Each arises in perfect
wholeness as Absylonia
accepts trivial reminders of
each wound on her own skin.

Place the 4 AOE anywhere completely in this models control area. While
in the AOE, enemy models cannot be used to channel spells, be forced, or
be allocated focus. The AOE remains in play for one round. Blight Field
can be cast once per round.

CARNIVORE

YES NO

Target friendly model/unit gains +2 to melee attack rolls against living

models. When an affected model boxes a living model with a melee attack, the
boxed model is removed from play and this model heals d3 damage points.

FORCED EVOLUTION

YES NO

Target friendly living Faction warbeast gains +2 STR and DEF.

PLAYING GOD

YES NO

Target warbeast in this models battlegroup can make power attacks

without being forced and gains Terror . Its melee weapons gain Open
and Reach .
Fist

Remove all damage from

Absylonia. She can then suffer 1 or more damage points. For
each damage point she suffers, remove all damage from one
warbeast in her battlegroup in her control area.

ABSYLONIA

TACTICAL TIPS

Abomination

CARNIVORE Because the boxed model is removed from play

before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token.
This model, not the target model, is healed when the target model
boxes another model.

Resourceful This model can upkeep spells on models in its

battlegroup without spending fury.
Spontaneous Mutation This model can spend fury points
during its activation to spontaneously mutate. For each fury
point spent it gains one of the following abilities for one turn.
Barbed Hooks This models melee weapons gain Reach

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

2
CTRL 4

NO NO

Flight This model can advance through terrain and obstacles

without penalty and can advance through obstructions and
other models if it has enough movement to move completely
past them. This model ignores intervening models when
declaring its charge target.
Warp Strength This model gains +2 STR.

BLIGHT CLAW
Magical Weapon
Critical Grievous Wounds On a critical hit, the model hit by
this weapon loses Tough, cannot heal or be healed, and cannot
transfer damage for one round.
Spirit Eater This model can reave fury points from enemy
warbeasts destroyed by this weapon. Other models cannot reave
fury points from enemy warbeasts destroyed by this weapon.

The gift of a fragment of Everblights athanc generally

weaves subtle changes within the Nyss, whose essence
the dragon has studied exhaustively. Absylonias blighted
and there is no sign she will ever settle into a stable form.
She is a unique embodiment of Everblight, a creature who

For most of Everblights chosen the real change happens

deep within. They must open their minds to control blighted
energies and assume a leadership role in the Legion while
offering absolute obedience to the dragon. Each must adapt
to the watchful presence and guiding voice of Everblight.
Absylonias twisted form might have resulted from an
initial resistance to this change. She has little memory of
those early days except as a hazy recollection of pain and
confusion and remembers even less of her former life
as a Nyss. This almost blank mental slate is pleasing to

In many ways Everblight treats Absylonia with particular

patience, as if she were a favored child. He spends
considerable time retraining her animalistic instincts and
preparing her for the work ahead.
Within days of her transformation Absylonia proved to be
entirely devoted to the dragons will. Though lacking both
memories of her former existence and, initially, the language
of her former people, she demonstrated an inhuman
cunning backed by the powers imbued in her during her
transformation. She possesses intuitive control over the
spawn around her, and those generated from her blood

and body bear little resemblance to what she was. The blood
with the spawn she crafts for battle. Most would call
Absylonia a horror, but among the Legion she represents
singular draconic perfection.

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other warlocks to rival Thagrosh himself. She can restore her

own body or even the most mutilated spawn to wholeness
with a single outpouring of blighted power.

Even at her most human Absylonia is more abomination

the Castle of the Keys, Everblight chose to leave Absylonia
behind, thus safeguarding some portion of his essence from
the battle with the ailing dragon. As the rest of the Legion
moved south for its confrontation with destiny, Absylonia
continued to create fresh spawn in their absence. She
brought these reserves to rejoin the Legion at Everblights
call, enabling him to replace nearly half the spawn lost in

fresh-grown membranes that extend from between her

the bones thickening and stretching with a sickening sound.
shift unpredictably in battle, leaving gruesome wounds
where she strikes. Her mutable form and the resilience of
her spawn terrify all who oppose her.

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BETHAYNE,
VOICE OF EVERBLIGHT & BELPHAGOR
LEGION BLIGHTED NYSS WARLOCK & CHARACTER LIGHT WARBEAST
Bethayne, Voice of Everblight

BETHAYNE
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

16 12

TALONS OF EVERBLIGHT
POW

P+S

10

FURY
DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
WARBEAST POINTS
SMALL BASE

7
14
C
+3

FEAT: LITANY OF
EVERBLIGHT

SPELLS
ASHEN VEIL

Bethayne has a unique insight

for gathering and amplifying
draconic energies. With a litany
of praise to Everblight she
invokes a wave of focused blight

Target friendly model/unit gains concealment. Living enemy models

suffer 2 to attack rolls while within 2 of an affected model.

BLOOD THORN

and transform her followers

into batteries of extraordinary
sorcerous potential.

Target friendly model/unit gains +2 to melee attack rolls against living

models. When an affected model boxes a living model with a melee attack, the
boxed model is removed from play and this model heals d3 damage points.

While in this models

control area, friendly
Faction models gain
boosted magic attack rolls and magic attack damage rolls, and
friendly Faction warbeasts can use their animi without being
forced. Litany of Everblight lasts for one turn.

BETHAYNE
Flesh Meld This model can use Flesh Meld at any time during
its activation while B2B with the Belphagor in its battlegroup.
Remove this model from the table. Belphagor becomes a
warlock warrior model and loses Blood Creation and Soulless.
Belphagor cannot activate after this model uses Flesh Meld
during the turn it used Flesh Meld. While melded, Belphagor
takes control of this models battlegroup, its base CMD becomes
9, and its base FURY becomes 7. Any effects on this model
when it melds are applied to Belphagor. Remove the fury
points currently on Belphagor. If there are any any fury points
on this model when it melds, place them on Belphagor. While
melded, Belphagor can cast this models spells and use its feat,
is not considered to be a warbeast, and loses its animus. While
melded, Belphagor can make slam, throw, two-handed throw,
headlock/weapon lock, and push power attacks without being
forced. While melded, Belphagor suffers damage like a warbeast
but does not suffer the effects of crippled aspects. Effects
modifying the amount of damage to or the manner in which
damage is applied to a warbeast also apply to Belphagor. This
model can separate from Belphagor during your Maintenance
Phase. If it does, place it B2B with Belphagor. If Belphagor is
destroyed or removed from play while this model is melded
with it, this model is destroyed. When Bethayne leaves the table,
upkeep spells she cast do not immediately expire and warbeasts
in her battlegroup do not go wild. While melded, Belphagor
can upkeep spells cast by Bethayne. When Bethayne returns to
play, she retains any damage she had suffered before leaving the
table. Bethayne can upkeep spells cast by Belphagor.

TALONS OF EVERBLIGHT
Continuous Effect: Corrosion
Magical Weapon

The Nyss were once devoted to the god of winter, Nyssor, but
the blight ended that for the ones who joined the Legion. Those

of Bethayne, who taught them devotion to a draconic god

whose tangible blight had blessed them with transformation.

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COST
2
2

RNG
6
6

AOE POW UP OFF

YES NO

YES NO

Target friendly model/units ranged and melee weapons gain the

Corrosion continuous effect .

CARNIVORE

ERUPTION OF SPINES

10

10

YES NO

NO YES

If target model is hit, d6 nearest models within 5 of it suffer a POW 10

damage roll.

GALLOWS

10

13

NO YES

When an enemy model is hit by this attack, it can be pushed d6 directly

toward Gallows point of origin.

TACTICAL TIPS
FLESH MELD Belphagor can transfer damage while Bethayne is
CARNIVORE Because the boxed model is removed from play
before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token.
This model, not the target model, is healed when the target model
boxes another model.
GALLOWS This means the model is moved before it suffers damage.

her own intelligence and arcane skill. This fusion is symbolic of

the irreversible bond between the blighted Nyss and Everblight.
Before accepting a fragment of Everblights athanc,
Bethayne was a priestess of Nyssor from a very young
age. She demonstrated an unusual sensitivity to spiritual
doctrine as well as a keen artistic talent that manifested
through her carvings in wood and bone. Her versatile and
enthusiastic mind allowed her to excel as she matured,
easily mastering the disciplines required of a priestess and
showing a particular talent for oration. From childhood she
had possessed the gift of persuasion and could stir listeners
emotions with her words. Upon reaching adulthood,
Bethayne was honored to dwell at the central Fane of
Nyssor, where the gods frozen form was protected.
Bethayne might have lived out her life in service to her god
had it not been for Vayl Hallyr. In the guise of a devout
sorceress, this blasphemer against Nyssor arranged to meet
with the young priestess away from fane grounds. Vayl
length on a dizzying array of topics, from the fundamental
nature of magic to the obscure origins of Nyss traditions.
Bethayne had never felt her mind engaged so deeply, and

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DESPOILER

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

2

SELF

NO NO

Center a 5 AOE cloud effect on this model. The AOE remains

centered on the model. Enemy models entering or ending their
activations in the AOE suffer 1 damage point. Despoiler lasts for
one round.

her friendship with the older, intelligent woman grew.

When Vayl professed growing doubts about her faith and
the stewardship of Nyssor, she planted subversive seeds in
the priestess that would grow in time.
Bethayne did not see Vayl again until three years later, in the
midst of the cataclysmic coming of Thagrosh to the Nyss. As

Immunity: Cold
Immunity: Corrosion

BELPHAGOR
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

Immunity: Fire

Eyeless Sight
Companion [Bethayne,
Voice of Everblight] This
model is included in any
army that includes Bethayne,
Voice of Everblight. If
Bethayne is destroyed or
removed from play, remove
this model from play. This
model is part of Bethaynes
battlegroup.
Blood Creation This
model never attacks
friendly Faction warlocks
and cannot choose them as
its frenzy target.

12 19

CLAW

Immunity: Electricity

POW

P+S

13

CLAW
R

POW

P+S

13

2
BODY
IN
D

3
4

carried south to safety, Bethayne stood among those left to

defend the fane grounds. She was prepared to give her life
in defense of her people and her faith but was shocked into
numbness to see her friend amid the despoilers. Vayl spoke
of the draconic god who made his followers strong in his

BELPHAGOR

IR
IT

ANIMUS

SP

6
5

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
MEDIUM BASE

As proof she indicated the destruction around them; no

miracles had come to save the Nyss. Vayl offered Bethayne a
place among the inheritors of their peoples legacy, serving
as a leader of the dragons emerging army.

Channeler [Bethayne]
While this model is not
engaged and is in Bethaynes
control area, she can channel
spells through it.

Blight emanated from Vayl, and Bethayne felt the allure

of that power, the awakening of her doubts. Against this
pressed the need to be true to her oaths, and her mind

Soulless This model does not generate a soul token when it

is destroyed.

from self-loathing in death. Vayl instantly froze her in

place, wielding the icy power of winter that should have
shielded a priestess of Nyssor rather than entrapping her.
Bethaynes mind raved at her helplessness until Thagrosh
arrived to offer respite from her inner demons; Vayl had
petitioned that Bethayne be initiated as a warlock, speaking
of Bethayne with pride and praising her untapped potential.
The ice shattered and Thagrosh asked her to choose: forsake
her vows or die. Part of Bethaynes mind and soul welcomed
the thought of death, but in a moment of weakness she
accepted Everblight as her master. When she received her
athanc shard all doubts vanished. Her previous calling
seemed empty compared to the glorious unity she felt when
her mind joined with the dragons. What she could not
know was this bliss only concealed the deeper emptiness
within her left by the shattering of her faith.

something had changed inside her during her time of

indecision. In the days ahead, Bethayne demonstrated her
zeal as she followed Vayl in converting or killing the last of
the resisting Nyss. Bethayne was instrumental in convincing
several shards to give up their arms.

3
9
C

CLAW
Open Fist

Bethayne willingly led the dragons hosts, each battle an

opportunity to demonstrate her gifts, each death by her
powerful blighted magic became a paean to the god she
had embraced. Yet the portion of her mind that had been
shattered before her acceptance of Everblight yearned
for creative expression to shape lesser materials into
something sublime once again. In response she began
to experiment with Everblights spawn. In a moment of
perfect adulation she was able to sculpt a new creature,
one that embodied her love and fear of Everblight but
that also gave expression to the missing piece of her soul.
Belphagor is a creature unique to her, a masterpiece of

with a razor-sharp mind and the words to reach the hearts

and minds of those around her. Once set upon a course she
has no patience for indecision or doubt. When she merges
with Belphagor, primal instincts call to her and she can lose
herself in the exultation of slaughter. Because the beast is
born from her own essence, Bethayne can easily spawn it
and she experiences true communion with her god.

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LYLYTH,
HERALD OF EVERBLIGHT
LEGION BLIGHTED NYSS WARLOCK
Lylyth, Herald of Everblight

LYLYTH
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

16 14

HELLSINGER
RNG ROF AOE POW

12

12

FEAT: FIELD OF
SLAUGHTER

P+S

FURY
DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
WARBEAST POINTS
SMALL BASE

5
15
C
+6

RNG
10

AOE POW UP OFF

YES YES

A warlock leaching from target warbeast suffers 1 damage point for

each fury point leached. The affected warbeast cannot be healed or have
damage transferred to it and loses Regenerate.

enemies. When she evokes

this gift of Everblight, her
skill imbues all who serve her,
providing unerring accuracy
and transforming each attack
into a killing strike.

If target model is hit, d6 nearest models within 5 of it suffer a POW 10

damage roll.

While in Lylyths control

area, friendly Faction
models roll an additional
die on attack rolls this turn.

LYLYTH
Eyeless Sight
Bushwhack During its activation, this model can make its
combat action before its normal movement. If it does, it must
make a full advance as its normal movement this activation.

HELLSINGER
Magical Weapon
Blood Lure Warbeasts in this models battlegroup can charge
enemy models hit by this weapon this turn without being forced.
Witch Mark If this attack hits an enemy model during this
models activation, this model can target and automatically hit
that model with spells, ignoring RNG and LOS, until the end of
this models activation.

The Voassyr tribe always boasted aggressive and far-ranging

hunters, and each of its shards took part in long sojourns
defending the people from intruders. Lylyth was born to a
stern and uncompromising father who instilled in her the
cold discipline of blade and bow. A noted champion of a
leading shard, he had high expectations for his daughter.
She honed her abilities night and day, and sometimes she
would forego sleep while on the hunt as she learned the
subtlest arts of tracking and stalking prey.
Things changed dramatically for Lylyths shard after
the killing of a local human trapper aroused a mountain
township to violence. A mob of the Khadoran woodsmen
ambushed a pair of Voassyr hunters and hacked their
bodies into unrecognizable gore. One of their victims was
Lylyths father.
It was Lylyth who discovered the carnage, and something
snapped in her mind. She stalked the woodsmen in a week
of bloodletting and then turned on their township, killing

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COST
2

The dragons blight has

bestowed upon Lylyth an
almost omniscient awareness
of battles chaosshe controls
her minions as extensions

BOW BLADE
POW

SPELLS
BAD BLOOD

PARASITE

YES YES

Target model/unit suffers 3 ARM and this model gains +1 ARM.

ERUPTION OF SPINES

10

10

NO YES

anyone who ventured from their homes. Lylyth returned to

her shard to speak passionately about her father and arouse
in her people a similar desire for vengeance.
Calling on old unwritten codes, the shard declared a blood
hunt and vowed to march across the northern territory
slaying any humans they encountered. Though they did
not interfere, the rest of the tribe distanced themselves from
Lylyths shard and offered no support or succor as the clan
recklessly attacked village after isolated village in the cold
and wild north.
Thagrosh, Prophet of Everblight, encountered Lylyth
shortly after his own transformation. He saw her shard
pit itself against a large band of savage humans called the
Vindol, slaughtering each other down to the last. Lylyth was
mortally wounded and losing consciousness when Thagrosh
stepped forward and offered to save her life and give her
power beyond any she could imagine. Weakened and bereft
of reason, she agreed. Thagrosh lifted her above the snow
and thrust a shard of Everblights athanc into her breast.
The transformation was excruciating, yet the unbearable
pain gave way to acceptance. Her blackened heart pumped
powerful blight through her veins and sent tainted power
into every tissue and bone. Clutching her hands to her eyes,
she realized she did not need them to see. The blighted
radiance seeping from the athanc shard shone from her
has now masked her eyes to avoid the mundane light of the
world; seeing the world through living eyes feels imperfect,
an aberration.
She has since learned what it means to be the Herald of
Everblight, the stalking death of the Blighted Legion. Lylyth
moves as the forward talon of the dragon and strikes deep
into enemy territory. Wherever she strides, the arrowridden bodies of her enemies fall, and the blight walks in
her footsteps.

39

LYLYTH,
SHADOW OF EVERBLIGHT
LEGION EPIC BLIGHTED NYSS WARLOCK
Vayl, Disciple of Everblight

FEAT: DECIMATION

LYLYTH
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

16 14

Lylyth can invoke Everblights

blessing to convey her own
perfect awareness of the

WHISPER
RNG ROF AOE POW

12

FURY
DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
WARBEAST POINTS
SMALL BASE

12

5
15
C
+5

allowing them to experience

how it feels to be the perfect
hunter. Fired from countless
bows, arrows rise to eclipse the
sun before falling in a piercing
rain to leave nothing but the
sounds of the dead and dying.

While in Lylyths control

area, friendly Faction
models ranged weapons gain Snipe. While in Lylyths control
area, models in her battlegroup can make one additional ranged
attack during their activations. Attacks gained from Decimation
do not count against a weapons ROF. Decimation lasts for one
turn. (Ranged weapons with Snipe gain +4 RNG).

LYLYTH
Eyeless Sight
Evasive This model cannot be targeted by free strikes. This model
can advance up to 2 immediately after an enemy ranged attack
that missed it is resolved unless it was missed while advancing.
When this model casts a spell and is the
point of origin for the spell, the spell gains +5 RNG.
Snap Fire When this model destroys one or more enemy
models with a ranged attack during its combat action,
immediately after that attack is resolved this model can make
one normal ranged attack. Attacks gained from Snap Fire do not
count against a weapons ROF and cannot generate additional
attacks from Snap Fire.
Swift Hunter When this model destroys an enemy model
with a normal ranged attack, immediately after the attack is
resolved it can advance up to 2 .

WHISPER
Magical Weapon

Lylyth has been born anew in the dragons radiance. She is

the Shadow of Everblight, and where his Legion marches
she moves like death itself. While Thagrosh rebuilds his
shattered army, Lylyth and her minions fall upon the
enemies of the dragon, their arrows obliterating entire
towns and villages. Her memories are drenched in blood,
but each murder eases the ghosts of her past.
The Castle of the Keys held an even more harrowing
trial for the young warlock. Sent there alone to gather
drew the attention of his guardians and suffered grave
injuries before she could escape. With her death seemingly
certain, Everblight simply dispatched others to recover
his athanc shard from her body. Grief overwhelmed the

40

SPELLS
PIN CUSHION

COST
2

RNG
10

AOE POW UP OFF

YES YES

Friendly Faction models gain an additional die on ranged attack and

ranged attack damage rolls against target enemy model/unit. Discard the
lowest die in each roll.

PURSUIT

YES YES

If target enemy model/unit advances during its activation, immediately

after ending this movement one model in this models battlegroup that is
in its control area can make a full advance.

SHADOW PACK

SELF CTRL

Models in this models battlegroup gain Stealth

YES NO

while in its control area.

TACTICAL TIPS
PURSUIT If an affected model made a full advance, ran, or charged
during its activation, a model in this models battlegroup gets to
make a full advance.

distraught Lylyth at this abandonment, and she pried out

the athanc herself in an attempt to escape the pain. In an
a more mortal perspective and found herself consumed
with horror and shame at what she had done to her
people. When Saeryn and Rhyas arrived even as she bled
out nearly to the last among old memories, she offered the
athanc to them, but they had come to return her to the

rebirth that renewed her resolve.

Though Lylyth has tried to put this experience aside, it has
left its mark. With the dragons mind tightly bound to her
own once more, she has mostly been able to forget the faces
of kinsmen she killed and the guilt that haunted her during
lingers. She hurls herself tirelessly into battle after battle
to prove her worth to Everblight. Deep within, she has
realized she is important to the dragon only as a receptacle
for one shard of his athanc and he is quite willing to discard
art of delivering death will there be a place for her.
have sharpened beyond human reckoning. Her arrows fall
like black rain and strike with inhuman accuracy. At times
her lethal senses are infectious, elevating those who follow
her to echoes of her murderous intuition.

and is inclined to shun the presence of even her own kind.

She prefers to keep on the move, avoiding all but the
smallest Legion camps except when duty requires her

presence. Her kinship is reserved only for the striders and

archers who are the hunters of Everblights army. Lylyths
hatred of humanity in particular has only grown.
Lylyth leads her followers in a relentless war against the
enemies of Everblight. That she has done so without
requests for support or supplies impresses even the dragon.
She carefully selects targets large enough to demoralize
yet small enough to fall quickly beneath the arrows of

her hand-selected force. Her striders perform meticulous

reconnaissance before she gives the command to attack,
coordinating her underlings with an attention to detail
enhanced by draconic awareness.

41

RHYAS,
SIGIL OF EVERBLIGHT
LEGION BLIGHTED NYSS WARLOCK
She is the sigil of Everblight, a symbol written in the blood of our enemies.
Saeryn, Omen of Everblight

FEAT: TIDE OF BLOOD

RHYAS
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

16 14

ANTIPHON
POW

P+S

12

FURY
DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
WARBEAST POINTS
SMALL BASE

COST
2

RNG AOE POW UP OFF

SELF CTRL
NO NO

While in this models control area, friendly Faction warrior models cannot
be targeted by free strikes. Rhyas and friendly Legion warrior models
activating in her control area gain +1 SPD. Dash lasts for one turn.

OCCULTATION

Target friendly model/unit gains Stealth

5
16
C
+6

Rhyas and friendly Legion

models activating in her control area gain one additional melee
model damages an enemy model with a melee attack during its
activation while in Rhyas control area, immediately place the
attacking model anywhere B2B with the damaged model. Tide
of Blood lasts for one turn.

RHYAS
Acrobatics This model can advance through other models if
it has enough movement to move completely past their bases.
This model cannot be targeted by free strikes. This model
ignores intervening models when declaring its charge target.
Perfect Balance This model cannot be targeted by combined
melee attacks, combined ranged attacks, or free strikes. Models
do not gain back strike bonuses against this model. When
knocked down, this model can stand up during its activation
without forfeiting its movement or action if it is able to forfeit its
movement or action to stand up.
Channeler [Saeryn] While this model is not engaged and is in
Saeryns control area, Saeryn can channel spells through it.
Riposte When this model is missed by an enemy melee attack,
immediately after the attack is resolved it can make one normal
melee attack against the attacking model.
Sprint At the end of this models activation, if it destroyed one
or more enemy models with melee attacks this activation it can
make a full advance.

ANTIPHON
Magical Weapon
Reach
Weapon Master
Critical Decapitation On a critical hit, double the damage
exceeding the ARM of the model hit. A model disabled by this
attack cannot make a Tough roll.
Spirit Eater This model can reave fury points from enemy
warbeasts destroyed by this weapon. Other models cannot reave
fury points from enemy warbeasts destroyed by this weapon.

In the dark hours during the subjugation of the Shard Spires,

Thagrosh chose lieutenants from among the conquered
Nyss. Through Vayl, the Disciple of Everblight, Thagrosh
learned of a pair of deadly twins in the remote Shyvess

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SPELLS
DASH

RAPPORT

YES NO

YES NO

Target warbeast in this models battlegroup can use this models current
MAT and RAT in place of its own. This model can transfer damage to
the warbeast even if it is not in this models control area. This model can
transfer damage to the warbeast once per turn without spending fury.

TACTICAL TIPS
PERFECT BALANCE If the model forfeits both its movement and
action for other effects, either voluntarily or as required, it cannot
use Perfect Balance to stand up for free.

shard who possessed extraordinary powers and sorcerous

sensitivity. Rhyas was the more bold and brutal, as swift
and deadly with a blade as her sister was with her mind.
Thagrosh went alone to observe these twins with his own
eyes. In the lands of the Shyvess he found only death.
Every man, woman, and child in the entire shard had been
slaughtered; fresh blood dripped within every wooden hall.
him. At that moment the twins sprang from the shadows
to attack.
Rhyas and her sister had determined their people were
better off dead than enslaved and corrupted as the other
Nyss were. With the cold dispatch of an executioner, Rhyas
down those who had raised her. She deliberately froze her
heart against their pleas, assured by the mental bond she
shared with her sister that this killing was necessary. The
approach of the ogrun abomination Saeryn had foreseen.
Rhyas speed and skill took Thagrosh entirely by surprise,
as did the easy manner in which the twins wordlessly
coordinated their movements. Just as Rhyas blade was
about to decapitate him, an unexpected impulse stayed her
hand. After letting Thagrosh know how close he had come
to death, Saeryn offered up both herself and Rhyas to the
Prophet. She said she had foreseen the coming of Everblight
and knew her own crucial role in the events to come.
Despite the ease with which they shared one anothers
thoughts, Rhyas did not perceive her sisters plans.
Her absolute trust and faith in Saeryn led her to accept

event that shattered and reformed her world. She harbors

no doubts or guilt over what she has done, though she does
sometimes wonder at the fact that her sister was able to
withhold some small part of her mind. Rhyas does not dwell
upon this fact, but now she knows Saeryn can keep secrets
from her. The glory of battle helps her forget this troubling
detail; indeed, Rhyas delights in the simplicity of
bloodshed and the pure art of slaughter.

Rhyas and her sister stand among the upper tier of

Everblights chosen, and they have sworn to obey the
dictates of his Prophet. It was Rhyas who dealt the killing
be added to her masters glory. As the Sigil, Rhyas is
Everblights deadly will given form. She sees the massacre
of her own shard a necessary baptism toward this greater
purpose. Rhyas blade has become the brush by which
his enemies.

43

SAERYN,
OMEN OF EVERBLIGHT
LEGION BLIGHTED NYSS WARLOCK
Rhyas, Sigil of Everblight

FEAT: FOREBODING

SAERYN
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

16 14

THROWN DEATHSPUR
RNG ROF AOE POW

DEATHSPUR
POW

P+S

FURY
DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
WARBEAST POINTS
SMALL BASE

7
16
C
+5

Saeryn can manifest her

terrible will as an aura of
palpable dread. Seeing a being
cloaked in this shroud provokes
a terror so deep it borders on
insanity. It is impossible to
bring weapons to bear against
those protected by this shroud,
as both body and mind refuse
to obey any impulse to strike.
While within her control
area, small-, medium-,
and large-based models in
Saeryns battlegroup cannot
be targeted by melee attacks
for one round.

SAERYN
Force Barrier This model gains +2 DEF against ranged attack
rolls and does not suffer blast damage.
Channeler [Rhyas] While this model is not engaged and is in
Rhyass control area, Rhyas can channel spells through it.

THROWN DEATHSPUR
Magical Weapon
Grievous Wounds When a model is hit by this weapon, for
one round it loses Tough, cannot heal or be healed, and cannot
transfer damage.
Thrown Add this models STR to the POW of this ranged attack.

DEATHSPUR
Magical Weapon
Grievous Wounds See above.

Saeryn is the more detached and introspective of the two

otherwise identical twins serving Everblight. Though both
possessed sorcerous power from birth, Rhyas has sought
only to master certain martial tricks and sleights while
pursuing her love of the blade. Saeryn plunged into the
heart of her power, exploring its every potential. Her more
cerebral approach prompted her to examine the indivisible
link she shares with her sister, and she now knows the two
possess a single, inseparably bonded soul. Though all twins

the attention of a dragon.

Raised among the Shyvess shard away from other Nyss,
Saeryn had little formal guidance for her burgeoning
talents. A local Fane of Nyssor priest taught her the sacred
Aeric runes but nothing more. The Shyvess followed their
own customs and kept to themselves so stringently that

44

SPELLS
BANISHING WARD

COST
2

RNG
6

AOE POW UP OFF

YES NO

Enemy upkeep spells on target friendly model/unit expire. Affected

models cannot be targeted by enemy spells or animi.

BLIGHT BRINGER

10

12

NO NO

Center a 5 AOE on target friendly Faction warbeast. Enemy models in

the AOE when it is put in play are hit and suffer a POW 12 corrosion
damage roll . An enemy model or friendly non-Faction model entering
or ending its activation in the AOE suffers 1 point of corrosion damage .
Blight Bringer lasts for one round.

BREATH STEALER

10

NO YES

Target model/unit suffers 2 SPD and DEF for one round. Breath Stealer
can be cast only once per turn.

HELLFIRE

10

14

NO YES

RESPAWN

YES NO

When target warbeast in this models battlegroup is disabled by an enemy

attack anytime except while it is advancing, place it anywhere within 3 of its
current location. It heals 1 damage point in each aspect, then Respawn expires.

for members of a race that commonly demonstrated such

traits. For this reason, the twins shied away from Vayl
Hallyr when she attempted to recruit them as pupils. They
sensed something amiss in the sorceress overtures even
before she earned her title as the Betrayer.
Unlike Vayl, Saeryn had never possessed the gift of prophecy
or divination. She cannot explain the vision that gripped her
one year later, but she connects this revelation to her brief
contact with Vayl. This vision let her foresee the coming
of Thagrosh and the imminent blighting of her shard. The
vision gave Saeryn complete and utter clarity; in a moment
of total freedom from her sister she saw her destiny laid
out before her. She knew then what she must do: lead the
unknowing Rhyas, whose mind was not yet trained and
hardened against severe necessities, down a dark path that
would ultimately bring about their greatest glory.
as Rhyas believed, but to harden and shape her into an
unbridled weapon. Saeryn directed the killings with cold
resolve. She kept her sister safe but left to Rhyas the majority
of the carnage. When Thagrosh arrived, the two defeated
the Prophet. Saeryn fought not to kill him, however, but
only to test his limits and learn from the battle all the
sisters must know of their future master. Saeryn stayed
Rhyas hand with a thought and made Thagrosh aware
of his mortality before submitting to the athanc. That they
willingly accepted the shard greatly impressed Everblight.
This was Saeryns awakening as the Omen.
Saeryn has since heralded the dawn of a new age, the
eventual rebirth of Everblight in all his glory. She knows
she and her sister will stand at the vanguard of this new
order and achieve stature beyond the dreams of other Nyss

and regards her fellow warlocks with a mixture of respect

and reserve. She resents that both the dragon and Thagrosh
hold Vayl the Ice Witch in particularly high esteem for
orchestrating the swift subjugation of the Nyss. There is
a mutual wariness between Saeryn and Vayl, a complex
relationship where a polite veneer masks considerable
underlying tension.

There is no question Rhyas and Saeryn are more powerful

together than apart, and Saeryn is convinced they have
only begun to test their limits. The blighted transformation
is a seed that has not yet fully germinated, and she eagerly
does whatever is required to quicken the full awakening.
Her mind is a labyrinth of depths hidden even from her
draconic master. The Omen believes absolutely in the twins
invincibility, and no enemy has yet proved her wrong.

45

THAGROSH,
PROPHET OF EVERBLIGHT
LEGION BLIGHTED OGRUN WARLOCK
Vaeril the Wise, Qyr-Aransor of the Fane of Nyssor

THAGROSH
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

14 16

BLIGHTED BREATH
RNG ROF AOE POW

SP 8 1

12

RAPTURE
POW

P+S

16

CLAW
POW

P+S

12

FURY
DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
WARBEAST POINTS
MEDIUM BASE

7
18
C
+5

FEAT: DARK
REVIVAL
The Prophet of Everblight
safeguards the largest portion
of his masters athanc, and
from its dark energies potent
malignancy pumps through
his veinstrue draconic blood.
As the singular blight of this
blood, Thagrosh can pour new
life into the spawn that have
fallen in battle, letting them
taste the dragons blessing to
cheat death. Revitalized, they
rejoin the battle as if freshly
born. It is a sight that can
make even the bravest enemy
weep with despair.

Return one destroyed

warbeast that was part of
Thagroshs battlegroup to
play. Place it anywhere within 3 of him. The warbeast forfeits
its action this turn.

THAGROSH
Terror
Death Shroud While within this models command range,
enemy models suffer 2 STR.
Athanc Immediately after leaching, this model gains 1 fury
point if it has fewer fury points than its FURY.
Attuned Spirit [Legion] Once per activation, this model can
cast the animus of a Legion warbeast in its battlegroup as a spell
without spending fury.

BLIGHTED BREATH
Damage Type: Fire

RAPTURE
Magical Weapon
Reach
Eruption of Ash If a model is boxed by an attack made with
this weapon, center a 3 AOE cloud effect on the boxed model
and then remove that model from play. The AOE remains in
play for one round. Enemy models in the AOE when it was put
. Enemy
models entering or ending their activation in the AOE suffer
. Eruption of Ash damage rolls
cannot be boosted.

History will remember Thagrosh Hellborne as the

abomination who unleashed the Legion of Everblight
onto the world. This blight nearly annihilated the Nyss
and spread down from the icy north into the heart of the
lands of man. Thagrosh strides at its vanguard like death
made flesh.
Even before his transformation, Thagrosh endured a harder
life than most ogrun. Khadoran brigands ransacked the

46

SPELLS
BAD BLOOD

COST
2

RNG
10

AOE POW UP OFF

YES YES

A warlock leaching from target warbeast suffers 1 damage point for

each fury point leached. The affected warbeast cannot be healed or have
damage transferred to it and loses Regenerate.

DRACONIC BLESSING

YES NO

Target friendly Faction model/unit gains +2 STR and Terror

FOG OF WAR

YES NO

SELF CTRL

Models gain concealment while in this models control area.

MUTAGENESIS

12

NO YES

Target model boxed by Mutagenesis is removed from play. When

Mutagenesis boxes an enemy model and this model was the spells point of
origin, this model can replace the boxed model when it is removed from play.
This model cannot advance this activation after replacing another model as a
result of Mutagenesis. Mutagenesis can be cast only once per activation.

OBLITERATION

10

15

NO YES

The force of this attack blasts apart the earth itself.

TACTICAL TIPS
ERUPTION OF ASH Because the boxed model is removed from play
before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token.
MUTAGENESIS Because the boxed model is removed from play
before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token.
Although replacing the boxed model is optional, removing it from
play is not. If this spell was channeled, this model cannot replace
the boxed model.

village where he was born and enslaved its population.

He spent his formative years under the lash, toiling at
backbreaking labor in darkness and watching others die
around him. His burning rage eventually compelled him
to choke a careless keeper with his chains and escape to
wander the northern wilderness.
Some time later, fevered whispers and nightmarish visions
led him to the tallest mountain in the north. Exhausted and
barely conscious of what he was doing, Thagrosh climbed
that imposing peak, pulling himself up the ice face with
the sealed repository of the athanc of Everblight.
In an unimaginable test of resolve, Thagrosh mutilated
himself to accept the dragons blessing. He cut open his
chest with a skinning knife and tore apart his own ribcage
in order to drive the athanc into his heart. Its dark power
transformed his body into a blighted vessel for an immortal

ichor. His mind has expanded far beyond his old reckoning,
that of his dragon-god. The athanc has awakened in him a
and object of worship. Thagrosh the Prophet speaks with
the dragons voice and embodies his will.

The Prophet has begun enacting the dragons schemes, descending upon the
Nyss to shatter their old life and awaken their destiny as Everblights
chosen. He has created new servants for his master by embedding
shards of Everblights athanc within warlocks who extend
the dragons will into the world. Able to wield the
greatest blighted magic, Thagrosh is a terror
unequaled on Caen who leaves behind
only the choking ash of corruption.

47

THAGROSH,
THE MESSIAH
LEGION EPIC BLIGHTED OGRUN WARLOCK
Everblight, speaking through Thagrosh

THAGROSH
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

11

13 17

10

BLIGHT FIRE
RNG ROF AOE POW

SP 10 1

12

RAPTURE
POW

P+S

18

CLAW
POW

P+S

14

FURY
DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
WARBEAST POINTS
LARGE BASE

7
20
C
+3

FEAT: DRAGON STORM

SPELLS
DRAGONS BLOOD

the weight of a hidden god.

With an ear-rending howl
Thagrosh expels a fraction of
that power to ignite the blood
of all draconic horrors blessed
of Everblight. Boiling over
with fury and strength, they
surge forward to annihilate
anything in their paths.

Target friendly non-warlock Faction model/unit gains +2 ARM. When an

affected model is disabled by a melee attack, roll a d6. On a roll of 5 or 6,
the attacker suffers 1 damage point.

After all friendly models have

completed their activations
this turn, each warbeast in
Thagroshs battlegroup that is
in his control area can make
a full advance followed by
one normal melee attack.
Completely resolve each
models movement and
attack before moving on to
the next model.

THAGROSH
Abomination

FLESH EATER

RNG
6

10

AOE POW UP OFF

YES NO

13

NO YES

When a living enemy model is boxed by Flesh Eater, it is removed from

play and this model or a living warbeast in its battlegroup in its control
area heals d3 damage points.

MANIFEST DESTINY

SELF CTRL

NO NO

While in this models control area, models in its battlegroup gain an

additional die on melee attack and melee damage rolls this turn. Discard
the lowest die of each roll.

SCOURGE

13

NO YES

YES NO

Models hit by Scourge are knocked down.

UNNATURAL AGGRESSION 2

If target friendly non-trooper Faction model suffered damage during your

opponents last turn, during your next Maintenance Phase it can make
a full advance. During this movement, it must move toward the nearest
enemy model.

TACTICAL TIPS
ERUPTION OF ASH Because the boxed model is removed from play
before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token.

Athanc Immediately after leaching, this model gains 1 fury

point if it has fewer fury points than its FURY.

FLESH EATER Because the boxed model is removed from play

before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token.

Blood Spawn Once per game, when this model suffers 5

or more damage points from an enemy attack that are not
transferred, after the attack is resolved you can place a noncharacter Faction lesser warbeast in play anywhere completely
within 3 of this model. The warbeast is part of this models
battlegroup. The warbeast cannot activate this turn.

SCOURGE This means every model in the AOE is knocked down,

friendly and enemy alike.

Flight This model can advance through terrain and obstacles

without penalty and can advance through obstructions and
other models if it has enough movement to move completely
past them. This model ignores intervening models when
declaring its charge target.

BLIGHT FIRE
Continuous Effect: Fire
Damage Type: Cold
Damage Type: Fire
Critical Freeze On a critical hit, the model hit becomes
stationary for one round unless it has Immunity: Cold
.

RAPTURE
Magical Weapon
Reach
Eruption of Ash If a model is boxed by an attack made with
this weapon, center a 3 AOE cloud effect on the boxed model
and then remove that model from play. The AOE remains in
play for one round. Enemy models in the AOE when it was put
. Enemy
models entering or ending their activation in the AOE suffer
. Eruption of Ash damage rolls
cannot be boosted.

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COST
2

Everblight did not warn Thagrosh of the painful

transmutation that would follow his consumption of
triumph at the Castle of the Keys, Thagrosh experienced a
blend of agony and ecstasy as blighted energies suffused
into Everblights consciousness brought a host of confusing
memories, sensations, and physiological changes. No longer
ogrun, Thagrosh has become something the world has never
seen, his form closer to and yet distinct from the dragons
themselves. He has become Everblights true avatar.
skin, bones, and sinew continue to shift as if struggling to
contain the power within him. This discomfort vanishes in
battle, where he revels in his new strength and the effortless
evocation of blighted power. Some part of him understands
of dragons, but when combat is upon him he relishes the
godlike sensations. Doubts for his future creep into the
corners of his mind only in those still moments when he
stands vigil over his protean army, watching it gather its
strength for the next engagement.

His metamorphosis came when Thagrosh had just begun

to separate his identity from Everblights. The ogrun had
reached an unspoken accord with his master and begun
to put forth a distinct voice as leader of the Legion. Since
presence is stronger than ever, a raging tornado of
intelligence and hubris. It is as though Everblight is
stirring just below the top layer of his thoughts, a vast
alien presence impatiently looking through his eyes and
sometimes speaking with his tongue. Thagrosh loses
himself for long hours, subsumed by the mind of the

dragon. Every time he rises from its depths he feels its

gravitational pull more strongly.
Draconic temper increasingly dominates Thagroshs
mood. As the dragon spreads his mind and grows in
the impulse to let loose his full strength. He feels this fury
like the touch of searing iron that ignites the pure dragon
blood pumping through his veins. It is not enough to be

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VAYL,
DISCIPLE OF EVERBLIGHT
LEGION BLIGHTED NYSS WARLOCK
Cylena Raefyll

FEAT: CAT & MOUSE

VAYL
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

15 13

ORACULUS
RNG ROF AOE POW

FURY
DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
WARBEAST POINTS
SMALL BASE

8
14
C
+6

Through the Oraculus, Vayl

gains a unique perspective on
can then channel the dragons
predatory instincts to move
her minions like pieces on a
board, letting them react to her
enemys every movement as
part of her unfolding strategy.

At the end of this turn after

all friendly models have
ended their activations,
one friendly Faction model
in Vayls control area can make a full advance for each enemy
model in her control area at that time. During this movement,
the affected model cannot be targeted by free strikes. A model
can advance only once per turn as a result of Cat & Mouse.

VAYL
Immunity: Cold
Dark Sentinel Once per turn, when an enemy model ends its
normal movement within 5 of this model, a friendly Faction
warbeast within 5 of this model can immediately make a full
advance followed by a normal melee or ranged attack targeting
the enemy model. The warbeast gains boosted attack and
damage rolls against the enemy model.
Snow-Wreathed This model always has concealment.
Talion Once per turn when this model suffers damage from
an enemy attack, it can spend 1 fury point to transfer half the
damage to an enemy warbeast in its control area but must suffer
the rest of the damage itself.

ORACULUS
Magical Weapon
Guided Attacks made with this weapon automatically hit.
Spellbound This model can channel spells through a model
hit by an attack made with this weapon. Spellbound lasts for
one turn.

Hallyr as the agent who paved the way for Thagroshs

blighted dominion. This sorceress provided the Prophet
with the start of his army by corrupting thousands of her
people into the Legions terrible fold. Unlike most, her
would say because she was a monster long before receiving
a shard of the dragons athanc.
manipulating the Fane of Nyssor. Only Nyss priests and
sorcerers are literate in the sacred language of Aeric, but
Vayl feigned piety to gain access to every scroll and tome
believed her religious zeal so completely they offered her

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SPELLS
CHILLER

COST
2

RNG
6

AOE POW UP OFF

YES NO

While within 2 of target friendly Faction model/unit, enemy models

suffer 2 DEF unless they have Immunity: Cold .

HOARFROST

14

NO YES

Hoarfrost causes cold damage . On a critical hit, models in the AOE

become stationary for one round unless they have Immunity: Cold .

INCITE

SELF

NO NO

Models in this models battlegroup gain +2 to attack and damage rolls

against enemy models while the enemy models are in this models
command range. Incite lasts for one turn.

LEASH

YES NO

Immediately after this model ends its normal movement, target warbeast
in its battlegroup can advance up to 3 toward it.

MALICE

10

10

NO YES

Add +1 to the damage roll for each fury point on the target model.

RAMPAGER

10

NO YES

Take control of target enemy non-character warbeast. You can make one
full advance with the warbeast and can then make one normal attack with
it, then Rampager expires. While the warbeast is affected by Rampager,
it cannot be forced and you cannot use its animus. Rampager can be cast
only once per turn.

TACTICAL TIPS
RAMPAGER You cannot free strike a model you control.

membership in the clergy, but Vayl laughed at them and

spoke blasphemies in front of them. She was banned from
ever again stepping foot on holy ground.
Later Vayl organized the Hallyr tribe into an army to
carve out territory for herself. Any who spoke against her
vanished without a trace. Her attacks on nearby shards and
Nyss shrines prompted the Fane to declare her tribe outlaw,
though any attempts to unseat her met with fatal failure.
Even her followers began to think she had breached all sane
bounds, but the few who whispered too loudly were cruelly
punished for their foolish resistance.
Vayl enhanced her already potent gift of divination by
crafting an arcane sphere of milky crystal spiked with razorsharp blades and able to leech heat from the air. Peering
into the crystal, she foresaw the rise of Everblight. She could
have warned her people, but her hunger for power drove
to embrace the transformation with full, willful awareness.
Her betrayal allowed Thagrosh to assimilate the Nyss with
exquisite speed and precision after she helped taint the
Nyss water supply. By the time Thagrosh arrived, Vayl had
prepared the patterns of blighted energies keyed to react to
the Prophets words.
turned her sorcery against her former kin and the clergy

of Nyssor. Despite her best efforts, the greatest priests

and the god Nyssor escaped her treachery. Vayl continues
to be secretly haunted by this failure, as Nyssor himself
sometimes appears in her dreams to condemn her. She has
increasingly become obsessed with destroying the god,
hoping to escape the last glimmer of guilt that lurks in
some forgotten part of her frozen heart.

51

WARBEASTS OF THE LEGION

The monstrosities birthed from the blood of
Everblights warlocks come in many forms. Each is
a product of the dragons fearsome biological engineering,
an unnatural weapon of war born and bred to enact his will.
Many Legion warbeast forms are ancient, designed by the
dragon to guard his ancient lairs in Morrdh and beneath
the city of Issyrah, while others are derived from his more
recent imaginings.
Most Legion warbeasts arise from the blood of a warlock,
the beasts form at the time of its creation. Although still
only half-formed, at birth dragonspawn already possess the
formidable natural weaponry, near-insatiable hunger, and
instinct to kill and feed that is characteristic of their kind.
Freshly spawned beasts are usually taken on immediate
hunts to slake their hunger and add the necessary bulk
to reach full size. If given access to an adequate supply of
of recent battle, theoretically even the largest warbeasts
can attain full size in a matter of hours. This unnatural
maturation cycle makes it possible for a lone warlock with

particular potency of their blood or to an innate ability of

the blighted form given them by Everblight, some warlocks,

such as Thagrosh and Absylonia, can spawn hardier beasts
that mature even more rapidly than those of the dragons
other vassals.
form perfectly suited to a single task. Heavily armed and
armored warbeasts like the carnivean tear through enemy
ranks, while stalking horrors like the raek prowl enemy
lines before striking hard and fast. Other warbeasts, like the
angelius and seraph, attack from the skies or provide aerial
reconnaissance.
Though they are alive in the most basic sense of the word,
Everblights warbeasts are not natural animals but rather
organic constructs, biological machines created to serve
their masters. They need food to fuel their powerful bodies,
but they do not require sleep or other aspects of the normal
animal activity cycles. They simply wait inert but aware,
or prompted into action by the appearance of enemies. The
instincts that help them excel at the tasks for which they
directly controlled by a warlocks will. A Legion warlock

SPAWNING VESSELS
Creating warbeasts from the blood and will of Legion warlocks is a
taxing process that saps precious vitality from Everblights most
powerful instruments and removes them from the field for a time.
Spawning vessels instead transmute lesser flesh provided from the
slain into small beasts like the diminutive harriers and shredders,
allowing Legion warlocks to save their energy for the creation of more
potent warbeasts.
The fabrication of spawning vessels is a difficult and time-consuming
task requiring specific arcane rituals by Nyss sorcerers in conjunction
with a warlock of Everblight. The vessels are inscribed with Aeric
runes to channel the powerful blighted energies they will draw upon
to complete the transformation of bodies placed within. The warlock
contributes a small quantity of draconic blood both to empower these
runes and to serve as a transformative base lining the bottom of the
vessel. Vessel attendants subsequently can reactivate the patterned
energies to transform ordinary blood and flesh into the simplest
dragonspawn without the need for additional athanc-empowered
blood. Only the least of Everblights spawn have yet been created
in this manner, but work continues to create larger, more powerful
vessels that can give birth to more potent spawn.

52

CARNIVEAN
can transform a warbeast into an extension of her own
physical body and senses, effortlessly directing its actions
and viewing the world through its eyeless scrutiny.
Frequently warlocks send their warbeasts alongside Legion
soldiers as guardians, but the creatures have little ability to
Shepherds help extend the range at which a warlock can
directly contact the minds of their beasts, but even this
method has limits. The humanoid nephilim stand apart in

this respect. Born of blighted Nyss women and possessed

of both a soul and a keen animalistic mind, the nephilim
display a degree of autonomy and intelligence unmatched
by other Legion warbeasts and are naturally adept at
employing weapons and other tools. In some ways similar
to particularly strong and resilient soldiers, the nephilim
can undertake more complex tasks without a warlocks
direct supervision, making them an even more useful and
versatile weapon in Everblights growing blighted arsenal.

53

HARRIER
LEGION LESSER WARBEAST
They are a plague made flesh striking indiscriminately from the skies.
Lord Tyrant Hexeris

HARRIER

HARRIER
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

14 12

TALONS

POW

P+S

10

IN
D

IR
IT

SP

6
5

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
SMALL BASE

Blood Creation This

model never attacks
friendly Faction warlocks
and cannot choose them as
its frenzy target.
Flight This model can
advance through terrain
and obstacles without
penalty and can advance
through obstructions and
other models if it has
enough movement to move
completely past them. This
model ignores intervening
models when declaring its
charge target.

2
BODY

Eyeless Sight

2
7
U
2

Lesser Warbeast This model

cannot make power attacks.
Soulless This model does
not generate a soul token
when it is destroyed.

Sprint At the end of this

models activation, if it destroyed one or more enemy models
with melee attacks this activation it can make a full advance.

A horror from earlier eras, the harrier has been called

from the depths of the dragons blood to serve the Legion
of Everblight. Though they bear a passing resemblance to
with overpowering hunger after they grow to full size.
Ranging far ahead of the dragon-gods blighted army, they
terrorize the skies and fall upon their victims with the swift
pain of terror given form. Their speed and maneuverability
are prized attributes, giving the harriers the ability to probe

54

ANIMUS
TRUE STRIKE

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

1

SELF

NO NO

The next melee attack roll made by this model this activation hits
automatically, then True Strike expires. A model can be affected
by True Strike only once per turn.

Like all dragonspawn, harriers have no true soul despite

their bestial intelligence. These unnatural creatures
only mimic life and lack their own internal motivation;
their sole purpose is to serve at the whim of Everblights
warlocks. They are endlessly patient and dedicated beyond
any natural living thing, able to sustain themselves for
protracted periods in the air without fatigue if need be.
Harriers can strike with tremendous accuracy despite their
lack of sight. Their senses are keener than even those of
the shredders; they can home in on the living from great
distances as though guided by some dark, unseen hand. In
ancient times Everblight used them to scout distant positions
another potent weapon in the Legions arsenal. The sight of
often a harbinger of death for any who behold them.

SHREDDER

LEGION LESSER WARBEAST

they spawn three more to take its place!

Kaya the Wildborne

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

TENACITY

NO NO

Target friendly model gains +1 DEF and ARM. Tenacity lasts for
one round.

SHREDDER
Eyeless Sight

TACTICAL TIPS

Blood Creation This

model never attacks
friendly Faction warlocks
and cannot choose them as
its frenzy target.

SNACKING Because the boxed model is removed from play before

being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token.

Lesser Warbeast This model

cannot make power attacks.

Shredders grow to full size with unnatural speed, and

their escalating appetites drive them to add to their mass
goes into frenzied overdrive upon maturity: the more they
eat, the more frenetic they become, and still their appetite
pushes them to gorge. Shredders are naturally prone to
cannibalism and in moments of frenzy might attempt to
consume others of their ilk. This impulse can usually be
well in packs that swarm their hapless victims and tear
them apart.

Snacking When this

model boxes a living model
with a melee attack, this
model can heal d3 damage
points. If this model
heals, the boxed model is
removed from play.
Soulless This model does
not generate a soul token
when it is destroyed.

SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

13 12

BITE
H

POW

P+S

10

2
BODY
IN
D

3
4

The creatures now called shredders were known as the

akriel by Everblight in ancient times. These are the smallest
and simplest of the spawn that arise from the blood of those
chosen to bear the dragons divided athanc. Compelled by
ravenous hunger and murderous instinct, shredders are
fearsomely effective at latching onto and devouring any foe
unfortunate enough to confront them.

Rabid This model can be

forced during its activation to
,
and boosted attack and
damage rolls for one turn.

SHREDDER

IR
IT

ANIMUS

SP

6
5

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
SMALL BASE

2
7
U
2

As with all dragonspawn, shredders are blind. Their

heads are taken up almost entirely with toothy, unhinged
enemies. Shredders make up for their lack of eyes with
other hyperaware senses, including a preternaturally
sensitive nose and skin able to register subtle changes in air
pressure from sound and movement. These simple spawn
recognize blighted energies and feel instinctive awe of
their masters athanc. This loyalty means they will
never turn on any of Everblights chosen warlocks,
regardless of hunger or frenzied rage.

55

STINGER
LEGION LESSER WARBEAST
Thagrosh the Messiah

STINGER

STINGER
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

13 12

FLAME SPITTER
RNG ROF AOE POW

SP 6 1

10

BARBED STINGERS

POW

P+S

12

2
BODY
IN
D

IR
IT

SP

2
7
U
2

LURKER

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

1

NO NO

Target friendly model gains Bushwhack. Lurker lasts for one

turn. (During its activation, a model with Bushwhack can make
its combat action before its normal movement. If it does, it must
make a full advance as its normal movement this activation.)

Dig In ( Action) This

model gains cover, does not
suffer blast damage, and does
not block LOS. The model
remains dug in until it moves,
is placed, or is engaged.
The model cannot dig into
solid rock or man-made
constructions. This model can
begin the game dug in.

a pack of stingers working in concert can reduce even a

phalanx of armored warriors to a steaming mound of organic

Soulless This model does

not generate a soul token
when it is destroyed.

FLAME SPITTER
Damage Type: Fire

BARBED STINGER
Reach
Poison Gain an additional die on this weapons damage rolls
against living models.
Suicidal Attack If this weapon damages a model, immediately
after the attack is resolved, mark all the damage circles in this
warbeasts body aspect.

Though the simplest and smallest of dragonspawn may

lack the brutal power of Everblights greater creations, they
are an integral part of the dragons legion. Because smaller
spawn are far less taxing on the warlocks who must create
them than their larger brethren are, Everblight readily
experiments with their forms.
The stinger, once formally known as Acrar, is an unnatural
master. Though living, it seldom stirs unless called to
action. Then the vicious spawn skitters forward to prepare
within its gullet.
Stingers use their powerful claws to dig into the ground,
where they lurk until their victims come within range. When
they sense the approach of prey, the creatures erupt from the
ground spewing noxious, corrosive venom. The spawn then
fall back to strike again should their prey somehow survive

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ANIMUS

Blood Creation This

model never attacks
friendly Faction warlocks
and cannot choose them as
its frenzy target.

Lesser Warbeast This model

cannot make power attacks.

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
SMALL BASE

Eyeless Sight

barbed tail capable of injecting a victim with its poisonous

blood. Striking with this terrible weapon can be done only
once, as unleashing the stinger tears loose vital organs within
the spawn, leaving it vulnerable until it has time to recover.
Stingers have no sense of self-preservation, so they have no
fear of unleashing this ultimate killing strike.

NEPHILIM BOLT
THROWER
LEGION LIGHT WARBEAST
Vayl Hallyr, Disciple of Everblight

GLIDER

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

1

SELF

NO NO

This model gains Flight. Glider lasts for one turn. (A model
with Flight can advance through terrain and obstacles without
penalty, can advance through obstructions and other models
if it has enough movement to move completely past them, and
ignores intervening models when declaring its charge target.)

nephilim combine the strength and killing instincts of

dragonspawn with a capacity for independent thought.
The bolt throwers are also extremely mobile living siege
engines. Armed with powerful ballistae, they stalk the

Eyeless Sight

BALLISTA

BOLT THROWER
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

Thunderbolt Enemy
models hit are pushed
d3 directly away from
the attacking model. On
a critical hit, the enemy
model is knocked down
after being pushed.

its draconic blood to cause

it to immediately sprout
wings from its atrophied
stumps, allowing the

13 16

BALLISTA
RNG ROF AOE POW

12

14

BOW BLADE

POW

P+S

12

2
BODY
IN
D

3
4

lethal barrage of crushing projectiles. They are normally

BOLT THROWER

IR
IT

ANIMUS

SP

6
5

returns to its normal form.

FURY

Any target unfortunate

THRESHOLD
10
FIELD ALLOWANCE
U
enough to be hit
POINT COST
6
with one of a bolt
MEDIUM
BASE
throwers oversized
bolts is hurled
backward by the
tremendous force. Those who take the full brunt of
the weapons impact are knocked to the ground,
easy prey for the nephilim to kill and feast upon.
with the wicked blade mounted at the fore of its
bow, savagely hacking apart anything that was
not immediately felled by its ballista.

57

NEPHILIM
PROTECTOR
LEGION LIGHT WARBEAST
Vayl, Disciple of Everblight

PROTECTOR

PROTECTOR
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

12 18

HALBERD

POW

P+S

12

2
BODY
IN
D

IR
IT

SP

6
5

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
MEDIUM BASE

3
10
U
5

Eyeless Sight
Empathic Transference A
friendly Faction warlock
can transfer damage to this
model even if this model
has a number of fury points
equal to its current FURY.
Shield Guard Once per
round, when a friendly
model is directly hit by a
ranged attack during your
opponents turn while
within 2 of this model,
you can choose to have this
model directly hit instead.
This model is automatically
hit and suffers all damage
and effects. This model
cannot use Shield Guard if
it is incorporeal, knocked
down, or stationary.

HALBERD
Reach

Set Defense A model in this models front arc suffers 2 on

charge, slam power attack, and impact attack rolls against
this model.

Nephilim continue to evolve under Everblights

breed. Their ability to wield arms while
retaining the assets of draconic blood makes
the process of their creation and is now able to
sustain Nyss incubators through several births.
While the dragons forces developed spawning
vats to gestate nephilim in even greater numbers,
he continued to expand the creatures function
and exploit their adaptability. Enter the nephilim
protectors, shaped from birth to guard Everblights
warlocks from harm.
Since the battle at the Castle of the Keys,
the priority of spawning this expression of
nephilim has only increased. Though the gains
were clearly worth the risk, exposing so many of
his warlocks to potential destruction has troubled
Everblight. Dividing his athanc among multiple
generals enhances his own chances of survival only
so long as those hosts endure. The dragon developed the
protectors to help ensure their safety.

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ANIMUS
SAFEGUARD

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

2

NO NO

Target friendly model cannot be knocked down. When it is

slammed, reduce the slam distance rolled by 3. Safeguard lasts
for one round.

Protectors unerringly follow an instinctive imperative to

guard Everblights generals and will dive into harms way
without hesitation or concern for their individual lives. They
are also ideal vessels for any grave wounds their warlocks
receive and shunt to them, bred as they are to accept and
endure these injuries even when other spawn can sustain
no more. Requiring no rest and incapable of mental fatigue,
protectors stay constantly alert for danger, ever wary of
their surroundings in the interest of their charges.

NEPHILIM
SOLDIER
LEGION LIGHT WARBEAST
Haggran Bilebreath of the Scarsfell kriels

MASSACRE

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

2

NO NO

Target friendly model can charge without being forced. When

the affected model destroys an enemy model with a charge
attack, after the attack is resolved it can advance up to 1 and
make an additional melee attack. Massacre lasts for one turn.

Eyeless Sight
Flight This model can
advance through terrain
and obstacles without
penalty and can advance
through obstructions
and other models if it has
enough movement to move
completely past them. This
model ignores intervening
models when declaring its
charge target.

TWO-HANDED
SWORD
Reach

SOLDIER
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

13 16

TWOHANDED SWORD

POW

P+S

14

2
BODY
IN
D

3
4

fruit in the nephilim. The dragons fascination with living

organisms informs the creation of his dragonspawn and
allows for great improvement upon natures crude vagaries.
The process of life goes on among the blighted Nyss, who
continue to bear young. Indeed, since the dragon tampered
with their essences, Nyss mothers bring their offspring
to term with shocking speed. What once occurred over
months now takes only weeks. Everblight selects certain
pregnant Nyss to receive a special draught of his warlocks
blood. This blighted essence courses through their bodies,
transforming the life growing within them into spawn.
All Nyss born with the taint of Everblights gifts mature
rapidly, but these near-perfect soldiers grow to maturity in
just a few days.

SOLDIER

IR
IT

ANIMUS

SP

6
5

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
MEDIUM BASE

3
10
U
5

Everblight sees the nephilim as a marvelous improvement

over the fragile elven form. Nephilim wield weapons
and armor yet boast the powers, fearless tenacity, and
inexhaustible stamina of dragonspawn.
They display greater
independence than
the
more
bestial
spawn, though, as
well as a distinct
possibly due to their
unforeseen endowment
of souls. This greater selfdetermination sets them
apart from their more tractable
brethren and gives them unique
advantages, such as the ability to
interpret their masters orders, act
with some measure of forethought,
and adapt to evolving situations. Their
cunning comes at a price, however, as they
do not fear the athanc shard and can turn on
warlocks in the heat of frenzy. Though outsiders
see the nephilim as warped horrors, the Legion views
them as perfectly sublime creatures and a testament to the
dragons genitive blight.

59

RAEK
LEGION LIGHT WARBEAST
Part of the Lay of Sygos from the time of Morrdh

RAEK

RAEK
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

15 14

6
Stealth

BITE
H

POW

P+S

11

Blood Creation This

model never attacks
friendly Faction warlocks
and cannot choose them as
its frenzy target.

TAIL STRIKE

POW

P+S

12

Bounding Leap Once per

activation, after making
a full advance but before
performing an action, this
model can be forced to be
placed completely within
5 of its current location.
Any effects that prevent
charging also prevent
this model from using
Bounding Leap.

2
BODY
IN
D

IR
IT

SP

6
5

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
MEDIUM BASE

60

Eyeless Sight

3
9
U
4

Soulless This model does

not generate a soul token
when it is destroyed.

TAIL STRIKE
Reach

ANIMUS
SHADOW SHIFT

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

2

SELF

NO NO

This model gains Parry. Shadow Shift lasts for one turn. (A
model with Parry cannot be targeted by free strikes.)

Working from the scattered records of ancient folk tales,

only the most penetrating and insightful scholars could
have any hint of the terrors Everblight unleashed while he
laired beneath Morrdh. Among these thankfully forgotten
beasts stalked a predator called the raek, an archaic monster
that has again come to hunt mankind. The dark masters of
Morrdh once dispatched these terrors when they deemed
death alone too simple a fate. Spawned by Everblight, raeks
were living warnings that no betrayer of that accursed
but delay the inevitable, for the raek would stalk undeterred
across untold distances before closing for the kill. With a
prey fast while repeated strikes from its wickedly sharp tail
ripped apart its victim.
The creation of the Legion has prompted Everblight to
bring the raek back into the world and send it forth to hunt.
No matter how fast its quarry, the raek moves faster, never
losing the trail. Sleek, powerful, and graceful, the raek hunts
inexorably and is able to circumvent any barrier that
might shelter its victim. This single-minded and
patient killer ignores all outside distractions and
possesses no instinct for self-preservation
that might hinder a natural predator. It
is a shining example of Everblights
genius at improving upon nature.

TERAPH

LEGION LIGHT WARBEAST

Hulgish Erdonovach

COUNTERBLAST

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

2

SELF

NO NO

When an enemy model advances and ends its movement in this

models command range, this model can make one normal melee
or ranged attack targeting that model, then Counterblast expires.
Counterblast lasts for one round.

A teraph is a serpentine, six-limbed spawn boasting a

poisonous barbed tail. While lurking in the ground the
creature accumulates a churning mass of sulfurous and
acidic fluids in its gullet that erupts in a geyser of black
fire and blighted ash upon exposure to air. Its incredibly
keen sense of smell allows it to locate any living creature
within a hundred yards. Even underground it can find
enemies by following the vibrations of their footsteps
then explode from the earth with astonishing speed to

Advance Deployment
Eyeless Sight

TERAPH
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

13 16

BLIGHT BLAST
Blood Creation This
model never attacks
friendly Faction warlocks
and cannot choose them as
its frenzy target.
Dig In ( Action) This
model gains cover, does not
suffer blast damage, and does
not block LOS. The model
remains dug in until it moves,
is placed, or is engaged.
The model cannot dig into
solid rock or man-made
constructions. This model can
begin the game dug in.
Soulless This model does
not generate a soul token
when it is destroyed.

BLIGHT BLAST
Damage Type: Fire

TAIL STRIKE

RNG ROF AOE POW

10

13

TAIL STRIKE

POW

P+S

12

2
BODY
IN
D

3
4

They burrowed into the earth, where they waited to attack

any intruders who did not bear the blighted essence of their
creator. The dragon used them in his ancient alliance with
the men of Morrdh by sending them to slay those who had
been marked for death.

TERAPH

IR
IT

ANIMUS

SP

6
5

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
MEDIUM BASE

3
9
U
5

Reach

ambush them. Everblights warlocks can channel this

same blinding quickness to launch attacks at foes that
draw too near.
Teraphim are an essential
element of the Legions defensive
formations. They are strategically
placed like living mines along
known troop routes, where they
wait to sow terror and confusion
with their earthen eruptions and
terrible incendiary streams.

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ANGELIUS
LEGION HEAVY WARBEAST
The words of Ethrunbal echoed through Thagrosh, the Prophet

ANGELIUS

ANGELIUS
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

10

14 17

FLAME JET
RNG ROF AOE POW

12

12

TAIL STRIKE

POW

P+S

14

IN
D

IR
IT

SP

6
5

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
LARGE BASE

Blood Creation This

model never attacks
friendly Faction warlocks
and cannot choose them as
its frenzy target.
Flight This model can
advance through terrain and
obstacles without penalty
and can advance through
obstructions and other models
if it has enough movement
to move completely past
them. This model ignores
intervening models when
declaring its charge target.

2
BODY

Eyeless Sight

4
9
U
9

Overtake When this

model destroys one or more
enemy warrior models with
a normal melee attack, after
the attack is resolved this
model can immediately
advance up to 1 .
Serpentine This model
cannot make slam or
trample power attacks and
cannot be knocked down.

Soulless This model does not generate a soul token when it

is destroyed.

FLAME JET
Critical Fire
Damage Type: Fire

TAIL STRIKE
Reach
Armor Piercing ( Attack) When calculating damage from
this attack, halve the base ARM stats of models hit that have
medium or larger bases. This attack gains +2 to damage rolls
against models with small bases.

The sinuous form of the angelius represents the renewed

dared unleash this spawn is a sign of his awakened might
writ large for other dragons to see. The great six-winged
angelius is a beast crafted to stand above the ranks of the
While other spawn descend upon the masses to shred the
tumult and selects victims at its masters behest.
Everblight created the angelius to fall upon his enemies
like a sword from the sky and obliterate them utterly. Its
razor-barbed tail strikes with blinding speed, impaling its

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ANIMUS
REPULSION

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

2

SELF

NO NO

Enemy models currently within 2 of this model are immediately

pushed 3 directly away from it in the order you choose.

victims with a ferocity belying its serpentine grace. Then

it rises from its slain foe with a single great sweep of its

enemies beneath its notice.

More than two thousand years have passed since Everblight
near the end of the dragons meddling with the kingdom of

Everblight created the angelius as both a gift to the dragons

most favored vassals and a reminder of his watchful eye.
The angelius served well to placate the loyal and terrify the
more recalcitrant lords.
In delivering one of its masters lessons, the angelius
descended upon a marching army to slay several lords
a grave mistake, for agents of the Dragonfather spotted
the serpentine spawn. Lord Toruk recognized the mark
of its creator and immediately discerned the progeny
responsible. Because of Everblights display of arrogance,
the Dragonfather eventually unearthed his hiding place
and nearly brought about his extinction.
After taking shelter in Blindwater Lake, Everblight realized
outweighed the risk of drawing attention. That time came
Castle of the Keys, as he knew angelii would be necassary
to assist his warlocks in striking down that rival. After
seraph and spilled its willing blood upon the soil. He then
cut his own veins and nearly exsanguinated himself to
mingle the seraphs essence with the purer heart-blood of
the dragon. With his loyal disciples gathered in awed vigil,
rending cry and joined Thagrosh as he marched toward his
destiny. On the advance south it would have its chance to
glut itself on slaughter.
Strengthened by the prize awaiting him in the ruins of
Everblights rival, Thagrosh will bring even more of these
the shadow of the wings of the angelii, the world will come
to know its new master.

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CARNIVEAN
LEGION HEAVY WARBEAST
The carnivean is Everblights will given flesh and form: each claw and tooth a miracle, its breath a
Vayl Hallyr

CARNIVEAN

CARNIVEAN
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

12

11 18

DRAGON BREATH
RNG ROF AOE POW

H SP 10 1

14

BITE
H

POW

P+S

18

TALON
L

POW

P+S

16

TALON
R

POW

P+S

16

2
BODY
IN
D

Assault As part of a charge,

after moving but before
making its charge attack, this
model can make one ranged
attack targeting the model
charged unless they were
in melee with each other
at the start of this models
activation. When resolving
an Assault ranged attack,
the attacking model does
not suffer the target in melee
penalty. If the target is not
in melee range after moving,
this model can make the
Assault ranged attack before
its activation ends.
Blood Creation This
model never attacks
friendly Faction warlocks
and cannot choose them as
its frenzy target.

IR
IT

SP

6
5

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
LARGE BASE

Eyeless Sight

4
9
U
11

Soulless This model does

not generate a soul token
when it is destroyed.

DRAGON BREATH
Damage Type: Fire

TALON
Open Fist

Carniveans are monstrosities designed to destroy

and slaughter. Everblight rarely called upon
them in ancient days; even the black kingdom
of Morrdh was rarely granted command of
these terrifying killing machines.
The rearmost four limbs of the carnivean
allow for a steady stance and a rapid
gait; the huge creature is able to
make shocking haste across
even the most daunting
obstacles. The considerably
longer and more powerfully
muscled two upper limbs end
in massive claws and are ridged
spines. Bony protrusions cover
every inch of a carnivean, and its
thick scales provide more protection
than any natural hide. If urged by

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ANIMUS
SPINY GROWTH

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

2

NO NO

Target friendly Faction model gains +2 ARM. If a warjack

or warbeast hits the affected model with a melee attack, the
attacking model suffers d3 damage points immediately after
the attack has been resolved unless the affected model was
destroyed or removed from play by the attack. Spiny Growth
lasts for one round.

its masters athanc, a carnivean can undergo a terrible

mutagenesis that causes tremendous spines to erupt from
A carnivean can also vomit a scorching but quickly

RAVAGORE

LEGION HEAVY WARBEAST

Bethayne, Voice of Everblight

DRAGONS FIRE

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

1

NO NO

Target friendly Faction warbeasts ranged weapons gain

Continuous Effect: Fire . Dragons Fire lasts for one turn.

breath, the ravagore is one of the dragons favored creations.

Though the cost in blood is high for the warlocks who must
spawn the huge creatures, the price is well spent. A single
any enemy who would stand in the way of the Legion.
A cold, blue glow produced by the blight-fueled heat within
the creatures bellies emanates from their maws. When a

warlocks can easily draw upon these blighted energies to

unleashed upon the Legions enemies are both awesome
and terrible to behold.

Eyeless Sight

RAVAGORE
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

12

Blood Creation This

model never attacks
friendly Faction warlocks
and cannot choose them as
its frenzy target.

11 18

BLIGHT BLAST
RNG ROF AOE POW

14

15

TALON
L

Soulless This model does

not generate a soul token
when it is destroyed.

POW

P+S

16

TALON
R

BLIGHT BLAST

POW

P+S

16

Damage Type: Corrosion

Damage Type: Fire
Scather This attacks
AOE remains in play for
one round. Enemy models
and non-Faction friendly
models entering or ending
their activations in the AOE
suffer 1 point of corrosion
damage
.

TALON
Open Fist

2
BODY
IN
D

3
4

killed outright are fortunate; the less lucky may linger on,
caught in a blaze almost impossible to extinguish and crying
out for the mercy of oblivion as they are reduced to ash

RAVAGORE

IR
IT

ANIMUS

SP

6
5

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
LARGE BASE

4
9
U
10

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SCYTHEAN
LEGION HEAVY WARBEAST
Vayl Hallyr

SCYTHEAN

SCYTHEAN
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

12

11 18

7
Blood Creation This
model never attacks
friendly Faction warlocks
and cannot choose them as
its frenzy target.

SCYTHE
L

POW

P+S

17

SCYTHE
R

POW

P+S

17

Soulless This model does

not generate a soul token
when it is destroyed.

2
BODY
IN
D

SCYTHE

Reach

IR
IT

SP

6
5

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
LARGE BASE

Eyeless Sight

4
9
U
9

Chain Attack: Bloodbath

If this model hits the same
target with both its initial
attacks with this weapon,
after resolving the attacks
it can immediately make
one melee attack with this
weapon against each model
in its LOS that is in this
weapons melee range.

Everblight
takes
tremendous pride in his

match for any creature born of nature. The scythean is the

beasts, long favored as Everblights guardians
and executioners. Purely dedicated to
destroying any who oppose their masters
will, scytheans fall upon their prey
with enough fury to tear apart even
the most resilient foes in a savage
orgy of bloodshed.

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ANIMUS

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

SLAUGHTERHOUSE

SELF

NO NO

This model gains Take Down. Slaughterhouse lasts for one turn.
(Models disabled by a melee attack made by a model with Take
Down cannot make a Tough roll. Models boxed by a melee
attack made by this model are removed from play.)

TACTICAL TIPS
SLAUGHTERHOUSE Because a boxed model is removed from play
before being destroyed, it does not generate a soul or corpse token.

Before the present age, scytheans last roamed the

labyrinthine tunnels beneath the now-blasted Iosan city
of Issyrah. When the Iosans finally became aware of the
danger in their midst and marched to confront it, it was
the scytheans that first blocked their way. These terrible
draconic monsters were supremely deadly in the narrow
tunnels leading to their master, as none of them required
light to massacre their enemies. Indeed, the creatures
seem to take a vicious joy in slaughter, a quality that
brings grim pleasure to the degenerate Nyss serving in
the dragons host.

SERAPH

LEGION HEAVY WARBEAST

Kreundar of Nord Kith

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

SLIPSTREAM

SELF

NO NO

When this model ends its normal movement, one friendly

Faction model this model moved within 2 of is placed
completely within 2 of the friendly Faction models current
location, then Slipstream expires. A model can be placed by
Slipstream only once per turn. Slipstream lasts for one turn.

TACTICAL TIPS
STRAFE These attacks are simultaneous. Attacks against targets
beyond this weapons range will automatically miss.

elegance, and it has been long ages since Everblight could

create them with abandon.
The seraph possesses a deceptively slender frame that slices
through the air on powerful wings. Blighted energy streams
from its wings and leaves a strange, distorted contrail
in its wake. The seraph uses this energy to warp
distances around itself and can manipulate
the movement of those caught in

Eyeless Sight
Blood Creation This
model never attacks
friendly Faction warlocks
and cannot choose them as
its frenzy target.
Flight This model can
advance through terrain
and obstacles without
penalty and can advance
through obstructions
and other models if it has
enough movement to move
completely past them. This
model ignores intervening
models when declaring its
charge target.
Serpentine This model
cannot make slam or
trample power attacks and
cannot be knocked down.
Soulless This model does
not generate a soul token
when it is destroyed.

BLIGHT STRIKE

SERAPH
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

10

14 16

BLIGHT STRIKE
RNG ROF AOE POW

10

12

STINGER

POW

P+S

14

2
BODY
IN
D

3
4

The seraphim are Everblights messengers of death. These

SERAPH

IR
IT

ANIMUS

SP

6
5

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
LARGE BASE

4
9
U
8

Damage Type: Fire

Strafe [d3+1] ( Attack) Make d3+1 ranged attacks
targeting a primary target and any number of secondary
targets within 2
models when declaring secondary targets. A secondary
target cannot be targeted by more attacks than the
primary target. Strafe counts as one attack for ROF.

STINGER
Critical Poison On a critical hit, gain an additional
die on this weapons damage rolls against living
models.

its slipstream. Its long tail ends in wickedly

barbed blades capable of piercing plated steel
and dripping with a poisonous ichor.
Seraphim sense the landscape with perfect
clarity; even the slightest motion registers to their
predatory acuity. They rarely engage in melee,
preferring to annihilate adversaries from a distance
using incinerating miasmas of blighted ash. The ash

an entire enemy formation using this caustic breath.

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TYPHON
LEGION CHARACTER HEAVY WARBEAST
Everblight to Thagrosh

TYPHON

TYPHON
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

11

13 17

BLIGHT BREATH
RNG ROF AOE POW

SP 8 1

14

BITE

POW

P+S

17

2
BODY
IN
D

Eyeless Sight

When
Typhon is forced to use
Regenerate in Thagroshs
control area, instead of
rolling to determine how
many damage points
Typhon heals, Typhon and
Thagrosh each heal up to 3
damage points.
Circular Vision This
models front arc extends

COST RNG AOE POW UP OFF

EXCESSIVE HEALING

SELF

NO NO

When this model is damaged by an enemy attack, immediately

after resolving the attack this model heals d3 damage points.
Excessive Healing lasts for one round.

TACTICAL TIPS
CRITICAL PITCH A model cannot throw a model whose base is
larger than its own.

theories derived by the dragon during his disembodied exile.

Everblight sees himself as a creator foremost, though many

IR
IT

SP

6
5

FURY
THRESHOLD
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
LARGE BASE

4
9
C
12

Multiple Heads This

model can make three
initial attacks each
combat action, using any
combination of Blight
Breath and Bite attacks.
This model loses one initial
attack for each aspect it has
lost. This model cannot be
forced to make additional
Blight Breath attacks.

Regeneration [d3] This

model can be forced to heal
d3 damage points once per activation. This model cannot use
Regeneration during an activation it runs.

BLIGHT BREATH
Damage Type: Fire

BITE
Critical Pitch On a critical hit, instead of rolling damage normally
you can choose to have this model throw the model hit. Treat the
throw as if this model had hit with and passed the STR check of a
throw power attack. The thrown model suffers a damage roll with
POW equal to this models STR plus the POW of this weapon. The
POW of collateral damage is equal to this models STR.

Even those accustomed to horrors and numb to violence

creature bears little resemblance to any beast in nature.
It is the organic consequence of a malevolent intelligence
and bone. Its three heads shriek dissonant cries as they
seek victims to rip apart with their powerful jaws or spew
concentrated gouts of superheated ash to melt metal and
Typhons wounds seem to close as quickly as they appear.
Unlike Everblights ancient spawn, Typhon is a new triumph,
created in the aftermath of the battle at the Castle of the Keys. Its
origins go back considerably further, however, to the esoteric

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ANIMUS

into form and function, his keen understanding of draconic

forms, and his deliberate application of blighted energies.
has come before. Typhon is the culmination of centuries of
breed containing true draconic essence.
Everblight had long sought to consume the athanc of
another dragon, for when one dragon devours the heart
of another, the two athancs fuse and the victor gains the
vitality of the vanquished. All athancs feel the undeniable
urge to reunite in wholeness, but a period of struggle and
adjustment occurs before the complete synthesis of two
athancs. It was in this vital time Everblight saw a unique
destruction, Everblight set this experiment into motion.
He compelled Thagrosh to use Rapture to carve the smallest
possible piece from his part of the athanc even as it was
a sizable quantity of his own spilled blood. The timing was
tricky: Everblight knew he could not risk weakening Thagrosh
further through exsanguination. But Thagrosh succeeded, and
Typhon was born. Though the creature is a part of Everblight
and feels compelled by harmonic pressure to obey the dragon,
it is not a part of Everblights divided consciousness.
Typhon is a purely draconic creature possessing a
fragmentary soul of its own. Its athanc shard ties it
intimately to Thagrosh, but it can generate its own blighted
blood and think and act with more independence than the
regular spawn. From this small shard Typhon gained a
sense of self, crude and bestial though its mind might be.
Possessed of a dragons immortality, Typhon can regenerate
from almost nothing so long as its dissociated athanc
fragment endures. Everblight has at last succeeded in
creating a spawn as invulnerable as the dragons themselves,
capable of rising from its own ashes to become whole.

69

TROOPS OF THE LEGION

The ranks of Everblights Legion are unlike any other
troops serve their master with a loyalty and singularity
of purpose of which other military commanders can only
dream, performing each given task with a terrifying speed
serving their master at war. Existing alongside this ruthless
goes beyond the physical manifestations of the dragons
blight. To outsiders, the plight of Nyss soldiers must seem

Though other creatures, such as the ogrun, also serve

Everblight, the ranks of blighted Nyss are his most
numerous and important servants. They are present at all
levels of Legion hierarchy, from the warlocks who lead the
dragons forces to the lowliest foot soldiers who carry out
their orders. The dragons blight enhances their physical
strength and agility but accentuates certain dark traits
have turned the Nyss into killers as stoically merciless as
any predatory beast.
The Nyss have managed to retain much of their cultural
and racial identity even as other aspects of their onceproud society have been subsumed or reinterpreted for
a life of endless war. Many Nyss warrior traditions have
survived the races assimilation into the Legion; some

they observe with far more rigorous attention than before

Once peerless hunters of the frozen north, the Nyss now

turn their fearsome capabilities against the enemies of
Everblight, descending upon them with murderous fury.
Whether Nyss or ogrun, all Legion troops share one
commonality: they bear the dragons blight within their
largely depends upon an individual troops natural
predilections, for the process enhances characteristics
already present in the subject. At the most basic level, the
blight bestows greater physical prowess, an unshakable
sense of loyalty to Everblight, and minor physical changes
like small horns, scales, or body spikes. In addition, weak
character traits like compassion and fear are stripped away
in favor of heightened cruelty and instinctual cunning.
The blight wholly alters the bodies of other soldiers in
order to better suit their roles and performance on the
animalistic, such as in the case of striders, who in addition
to a markedly enhanced predatory disposition gain a
their speed and agility. The changes wrought upon Nyss
swordsmen are less evident but no less dramatic, as their
minds are stripped of all except a singular devotion to
their deadly craft. This change is useful to their function as

NYSS BLADES AND CLAYMORES

The Nyss have long been renowned for their elegant and unusual
curved blades. The most prominent among these weapons is the
Nyss claymore, a graceful implement of death more than five feet
long designed to deliver a devastating killing blow. Nyss blades are
commonly adorned with Aeric runes and are never allowed to dull or
suffer the ravages of time.
Before the coming of Everblight, Nyss bladesmiths learned their craft
from a young age and honed it throughout their lives. Those who

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survived the blighting now reside within the Legions few nearpermanent camps, where they labor alongside the acolyths who
manufacture fresh horrors in the gory soup of spawning vessels.
The blighted Nyss still treat their blades with a reverence that borders
on religious devotion, going to great lengths to recover the weapons
of those who fall on the battlefield. This veneration is a holdover from
ancient warrior traditions and is one of the strongest vestiges of Nyss
culture still found among the blighted.

BLIGHTED NYSS STRIDERS

skilled killers, but it does render the swordsmen less able
to make considered judgments and perform other tasks
Everblights power wreaks even more frightful and
unpredictable changes upon blighted ogrun warmongers.
Like most of the dragons Legion, they have become more
savage and brutal than ever before, but in them the blight
has gone further, stripping them of all sanity and bathing
their minds in crazed hallucinations that drive them to a
madness only battle and bloodshed can relieve.

The blight can also amplify the sorcerous potential of

those it affects, both magnifying the existing capabilities
of individuals who had previously shown arcane gifts and
unlocking arcane potential in individuals who had not
previously exhibited it. Certainly arcane aptitude is on the
dragon has bestowed upon his chosen people.

In others, the blight takes a far more drastic course,

twisting and distorting their bodies beyond recognition.
Degenerate and brutish yet possessing an undeniable
blight-born cunning, these bestial grotesques scarcely
resemble the Nyss stock from which they are spawned.
Others, like the Forsaken, are so infused with blighted
energy they lose themselves entirely to the dragons
evolves the bodies of most of Everblights soldiers, within
them the transformation is random and spontaneous,
characterized by shocking aberration rather than natural
augmentation.

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BLIGHTED
NYSS ARCHERS
LEGION UNIT
Let your arrows rain down on them until nothing moves in this village except the blood seeping from
their lifeless bodies.
Lylyth Voassyr, Herald of Everblight

LEADER & GRUNTS

LEADER & GRUNTS

SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

13 11

Combined Ranged Attack

Suppressing Fire (Order)

This order can be issued
NYSS LONGBOW
only if two or more models
RNG ROF AOE POW
with ranged weapons
12 1 10
in this unit in formation
SWORD
are able to forfeit their
POW
P+S
actions. Each model in this
3
7
unit in formation must
forfeit its action. Other
FIELD ALLOWANCE
2
than the Standard Bearer,
LEADER & 5 GRUNTS
5
those models that do are
LEADER & 9 GRUNTS
8
participants. After all
SMALL BASE
models in this unit have
completed their normal
movement, place an AOE
completely within 12 of all participants, with its center point
in LOS of all participants, ignoring intervening models The size
of the AOE is based on the number of participants. If there are
24, the AOE is 3 . If there are 57, the AOE is 4 . If there are 8 or
more, the AOE is 5 . When a model enters or ends its activation
within the AOE, it suffers a POW 10 damage roll. Suppressing
Fire lasts for one round or until all participants have been
destroyed or removed from play.

Everblights corruption has spread with little resistance

With their purpose given over to the dragons will,

they have become eager accomplices in Everblights
murderous schemes. The most formidable of these,
have been transformed into blighted archers.
Blighted archers unleash a hail of deadly arrows to
through the demoralized foes. The sheer number of arrows
they can release is beyond belief. Long a staple among the
Nyss elves of the frozen north, archery was vital not only
for use in warfare but also in the gathering of food; survival
hinged on the constant efforts of these rugged hunters.
Those who were once providers for their people are now
relentless assassins able to murder with chilling precision.
Most elements of their culture and psyche have been
stripped away, leaving only the most brutal and merciless
Nyss qualities. Delighting in slaughter, the archers enjoy

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TACTICAL TIPS
SUPPRESSING FIRE (ORDER) Place the template after movement.

Though they are blighted shells of what they once were, the
Nyss have retained pride in their archery and craftsmanship;
each of their recurved composite bows is still customized
exactly to the strength and height of the archer. They are
made from carved bone or polished wood laminated over
bone using animal-hide glues. The tendon bowstrings they
use allow for a tremendously strong pull.

BLIGHTED NYSS ARCHER OFFICERLEGION

& AMMO
PORTER
UNIT ATTACHMENT
Deacon Shyvel Kylvis

TACTICAL TIPS
READY AMMO This is how the model gets to take the second shot
allowed by the ROF 2 of its weapon.
TAKE UP Effects include spells and animi.
OFFICER
does not replace a Grunt in its unit. Instead the unit Leader becomes

The Legions inexorable advance has relied heavily upon

hundreds of blighted archers delivering death to the enemy
from afar before the decisive clash of melee. The deacons
commanding these insatiable killers once led entire shards.
Now their archers aim for the most vulnerable targets and
cripple or maim what they cannot slay outright.
When brought to battle in large numbers, the archers
stand in long lines, lean back, and pull their bowstrings
taut in perfect unison. At the call of their leader, or deacon,
the archers release their arrows with a distinct sound
the Legions enemies have come to dread. Arrows soar

Attachment [Blighted Nyss

Archers] This attachment
can be added to a Blighted
Nyss Archers unit.

OFFICER
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

13 11

NYSS LONGBOW

OFFICER

RNG ROF AOE POW

Combined Ranged Attack

12

10

SWORD
Granted: Combined
Arms While this model
is in play, models in its
unit gain Combined Arms.
(When a model with
Combined Arms misses an
attack roll for a combined
ranged attack, it can reroll
that attack roll. Each
attack roll can be rerolled
only once as a result of
Combined Arms).

POW

P+S

AMMO PORTER
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

13 11

OFFICERS DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
SMALL BASE

5
1
2

AMMO PORTER
Ready Ammo While this model is in formation, models in its unit
gain Dual Shot and their ranged weapons become ROF 2. (When
a model with Dual Shot forfeits its movement to gain the aiming
bonus it can also make one additional ranged attack that activation.)
Take Up If this model is destroyed or removed from play,
you can choose a Grunt in this unit within 1 of this model
to take its place. Effects on this model expire, and it gains
the effects on the chosen Grunt. Remove the Grunt from
the table instead of this model. This model has the same
number of unmarked damage boxes as the chosen Grunt.

armor or thickened hide, and induce screams of

pain and the choking gurgles of men drowning in
their own blood.
Young arrow porters race along the line burdened
with as many quivers as they can carry and
planting arrows before the archers are ready to
reach for them. In perfect concert, the teams
create such harmony of motion that an archers
eyes never waver from his target as each arrow
a severe discipline upon their archers, who can
maintain their astounding accuracy even as they
march through the most forbidding terrain.

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BLIGHTED
NYSS GROTESQUES
LEGION UNIT
Vayl, Disciple of Everblight

LEADER & GRUNTS

LEADER & GRUNTS

SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

13 13

CLAWS
POW

P+S

10

FIELD ALLOWANCE
LEADER & 5 GRUNTS
LEADER & 9 GRUNTS
SMALL BASE

2
4
6

Fearless
Flight This model can
advance through terrain
and obstacles without
penalty and can advance
through obstructions
and other models if it has
enough movement to move
completely past them. This
model ignores intervening
models when declaring its
charge target.

Gang When making a melee attack targeting an enemy model

in melee range of another model in this unit, this model gains
+2 to melee attack and melee damage rolls.

The blighted Nyss grotesques are winged horrors so twisted

by Everblights power they hardly resemble the coldly
beautiful race from which they are descended. Driven by
only the basest instincts of hunger and a desire to spill blood
for Everblight, these marauders strike swiftly from the sky,
converging on their prey in a cloud of leathery wings and
slashing talons.

more drastic and terrible transformations. In the grotesques

he created a new species utterly unlike the race from which
they were drawn and no longer dependent upon them for
future creation. Though initially born of blighted Nyss
parents, the brutish grotesques now dwell apart from the
Nyss and breed only among themselves, generating spawn
that incubate and mature at a frightful pace.
When called upon to carry out Everblights will they descend
from the sky en masse, tearing their prey apart with the great
claws that mark each one as more beast than Nyss.

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BLIGHTED NYSS LEGIONNAIRES

LEGION UNIT
Where once you stood idle protecting those weaker than yourselves, now you march to battle
Thagrosh, the Messiah

TACTICAL TIPS
VENGEANCE Models move after continuous effects have been
resolved during the step of the Maintenance Phase that says
Resolve all other effects that occur during the Maintenance Phase.
Remember, these models can use Combined Melee Attack only

LEADER & GRUNTS

Combined Melee Attack
Fearless
Defensive Line While this
model is B2B with one or
more models in its unit, it
gains +2 ARM.

LEADER & GRUNTS

SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

12 14

GREAT SWORD
POW

P+S

10

FIELD ALLOWANCE

Vengeance During your

LEADER & 5 GRUNTS
Maintenance Phase, if one
LEADER & 9 GRUNTS
or more models in this unit
SMALL BASE
were destroyed or removed
from play by enemy attacks
during your opponents last turn, each model in the unit can
advance 3 and make one normal melee attack.

2
4
6

GREAT SWORD
Reach

with perfectly executed strikes honed by countless hours of

practice. These blighted warriors have corrupted an ancient
tradition of elite Nyss warriors once called the ryssovass.
This small group of highly disciplined soldiers defended
the narrow, winding passes leading to the heart of Nyss
territory, a guardianship that took them away from their
homes, shards, and tribes. Entrusted with ornate armor
of overlapping steel, these sentries stood against superior
numbers and tirelessly carved through enemy forces
funneled into the passes.
It once took years to train a warrior in the complex ryssovass
extension of his brother. The precious steel employed
for their armor was in limited supply, drawn from metal
ordinarily reserved for the forging of swords. Under the
dragons corruption, however, it has proven much easier
to expand the legionnaires numbers. Whereas at one
time proud Nyss self-determination made embracing the
now comes effortlessly to them. Metal seized in raids and
and make them ready for battle.
The legionnaires wield the great blades of the ryssovass and
serve as Thagroshs personal guard. Standing side-by-side
down any who would harm their brethren. As one of their
number falls, another steps forward to avenge him. A line of
legionnaires carves through enemies like a living thresher,
foolish enough to hold his ground.

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BLIGHTED
NYSS HEX HUNTERS
LEGION UNIT
Saeryn, Omen of Everblight

LEADER & GRUNTS

LEADER & GRUNTS

SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

14 12

Stealth

HEX RAZOR
POW

P+S

10

FIELD ALLOWANCE
LEADER & 5 GRUNTS
LEADER & 9 GRUNTS
SMALL BASE

2
5
8

Battle Wizard Once per

turn, when this model
destroys one or more
enemy models with a melee
attack during its activation,
immediately after the attack
is resolved it can make one
Magic Ability special attack
or special action.

Magic Ability [6]

Hex Bolt ( Attack) Hex Bolt is a RNG 6, POW 13 magic
attack. Models hit cannot make special actions or special
attacks for one round.

HEX RAZOR
Magical Weapon

Long a people known for their proud tradition of sorcery,

the Nyss have manifested the arcane spark in increasing
numbers since the coming of the dragon. The sorcerers
of this race once prided themselves on their knowledge
of the Aeric script and reverent service to their frozen
god, but they have now turned to the black secrets
of ancient Morrdh, commingling their most sacred
traditions with blasphemous lore and the power of
the blight. Instead of protecting and guiding their
shards to safety, many among this new breed of
Nyss sorcerers devote themselves to nothing less
than slaughter in the name of their master. From
this terrifying blend of ancient lore and blight
rise the hex hunters, sadistic masters of the arts of
death and fell magic.
The hex hunters are arcane assassins, living weapons
who have forsaken the greater mysteries of the arcane
with hex razors, weapons recovered from the dark and
dangerous pits of the buried ruins of Morrdh, the hunters
channel the deaths of their victims into frightening occult
energies. To be struck by such a blade is to feel ones life
unraveled by the blighted touch of death itself.

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TACTICAL TIPS
MAGIC ABILITY Performing a Magic Ability special action or
special attack counts as casting a spell.
HEX BOLT Remember that power attacks are special attacks.

with frightening speed, easily leaping across obstacles or

their revered master. When they close with their victims
they lash out with their vicious razors and hex-borne blight
magic, each death fueling a frenzy of murder.

BAYAL, HOUND
OF EVERBLIGHT
LEGION CHARACTER UNIT ATTACHMENT
Vayl, Disciple of Everblight

TACTICAL TIPS
MAGIC ABILITY Performing a Magic Ability special action or
special attack counts as casting a spell.
HEX BOLT Remember that power attacks are special attacks.

instrumental in shaping their shadowed sorceries. Before

the arrival of Thagrosh, Bayal was already a ruthless and
accomplished sorcerer, a scion of a line of Nyss renowned
for their arcane talents. His gifts granted him command of
the biting northern winds, which he used to great effect as
a hunter and killer.
Long an admirer of the ice witch Vayl, Bayal willingly
followed her into the Legion, where he took command of
the sorcerous martial order that would become the Hex
Hunters. When the Legion hastened toward the Castle

Attachment [Hex
Hunters] This attachment
can be added to a Hex
Hunters unit.

BAYAL
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

14 12

HEX RAZOR

BAYAL

POW

P+S

10

DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
SMALL BASE

Stealth

5
C
3

Battle Wizard Once per

turn, when this model
destroys one or more
enemy models with a
melee attack during its activation, immediately after the attack
is resolved it can make one Magic Ability special attack or
special action.
Granted: Hunter While this model is in play, models in
this unit gain Hunter. (A model with Hunter ignores forests,
concealment, and cover when determining LOS or making a
ranged attack.)
Magic Ability [7]

forgotten tunnels beneath the Thornwood to evade armies

clashing there. Bayal and his followers remained behind to
plunder unspoiled Morrdhic ruins while
the rest of the Legion marched

Frostbite ( Attack) Frostbite is a RNG SP 8 magic attack.

.
Models hit suffer a POW 12 cold damage roll
Hex Bolt ( Attack) Hex Bolt is a RNG 6, POW 13
magic attack. Models hit cannot make special actions
or special attacks for one round.
Tactics: Advance Deployment Models in
this unit gain Advance Deployment
.

HEX RAZOR
Magical Weapon
Weapon Master
Shadow Bind A model hit by
this weapon suffers 3 DEF and
when it advances it cannot move
except to change facing. Shadow
Bind expires after one round.

on. There they unearthed the secrets

of crafting the barbarous hex razors,
adding dark lore of this ancient kingdom
to Everblights arsenal. Bayal returned to
the Legion with his face concealed behind a
mask of ancient Morrdhic design and is now
a near-perfect weapon. The hex hunters follow
him with slavish devotion, and together
they combine blighted loyalty with potent
human lore that was once withheld from
the dragon by the more recalcitrant
Lords of Morrdh.

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BLIGHTED
NYSS RAPTORS
LEGION LIGHT CAVALRY UNIT
Motto of the Raptors

LEADER & GRUNTS

LEADER & GRUNTS

SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

14 15

NYSS LONGBOW
RNG ROF AOE POW

12

10

NYSS CLAYMORE
POW

P+S

10

NYSS LONGBOW
Poison Gain an additional
die on this weapons damage
rolls against living models.

NYSS CLAYMORE
Weapon Master

MOUNT
POW

12

DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
LEADER & 2 GRUNTS
LEADER & 4 GRUNTS
LARGE BASE

5
1
6
10

Long before the rise of

Everblight and the Legion,
Nyss raptors descended
upon the Khardic tribes of
the frozen north. Mounted
atop swift and sure-footed
ulk, these outriders rode
through winter storms to
fall upon the villages of men
in a tempest of death and ruin.
every direction in the hope that
some few might escape the raptors
pounding hooves, deadly arrows,
and merciless blades.
Each raptor earned the right to join the
brotherhood in a tradition as old as the
Nyss themselves. Hopefuls went naked into
as their mount. They either returned astride their
bonded beast or died alone.
The raptor tradition has continued among the
Nyss of the Legion. They ride ahead to harass
before the bulk of Legion forces join the battle.
Only skilled warriors who prove themselves
master of both blade and bow can join the ranks
of these daunting riders.

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The raptors traditional ulk, a hardy breed of particularly

large deer, instinctively shun the blighted Nyss, but striders
tracked several herds to exhaustion and captured them.
Subjected to the blight, the animals became as aggressive
as the warriors they carry and enthusiastically slash and
impale with massive antlers once reserved for self-defense
and displays of dominance.

BLIGHTED NYSS SCATHER

CREW
LEGION WEAPON CREW UNIT
It exploded in our midst like the judgment of terrible gods, spraying vile droplets that withered all
Kommander Guriv Irestovich

The scather is a light catapult designed to deliver the blight

SCATHER CATAPULT
Damage Type: Corrosion

substance can dissolve metal, putrefy wood, or crumble

the sweet release of death. The blighted liquid inside the

scathers ammunition spreads across a wide area, sizzling as
it sends up a cloud of deadly vapor. That cloud will disperse
after a short while, but nothing will ever grow again on the
poisoned earth, and only dragonspawn can draw sustenence
The nomadic Nyss were once content to rely on the accuracy
of their bows, particularly when wielding them from atop
the backs of sure-footed ulks. In clashes with the regimented
armies of their rivals, however, the Legion realized it
insight to construct machines devised by the warlords of
ancient Morrdh, and Legion craftsmen immediately began
constructing these expedient and easily fabricated weapons.
This lightweight but formidable catapult transports easily
the strength of its hinged wooden arms drawn back by rope.
The light and almost delicate projectile would puzzle any
human siege engineer until he realized the perforated and
spiked globe contained a fragile bladder of blighted essence.

Arcing Fire When

attacking with this weapon,
this model can ignore
intervening models except
Light Artillery This
weapon cannot be used
to make attacks or special
actions during activations
this model moves. This
model cannot gain the
aiming bonus when
attacking with this weapon
and cannot charge. If
this model attacks with
this weapon during its
activation, it cannot attack
with any other weapons
that activation.

LEADER
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

13 11

SCATHER CATAPULT
RNG ROF AOE POW

15

14

SWORD
POW

P+S

GRUNTS
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

13 11

SWORD
POW

P+S

FIELD ALLOWANCE
LEADER & 2 GRUNTS
LEADER LARGE BASE
GRUNT SMALL BASE

2
3

Minimum Range [6]

Attacks made with this
Range Finder While B2B with one or more Grunts in this unit,
this model gains +2 to attack rolls with this weapon.
Scather This attacks AOE remains in play for one round.
Enemy models and non-Faction friendly models entering or
ending their activations in the AOE suffer 1 point of corrosion
damage
.

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BLIGHTED
NYSS STRIDERS
LEGION UNIT
Our enemy moves invisibly, leaving no trace of their passage save the arrow-strewn corpses
Krueger the Stormwrath

LEADER & GRUNTS

LEADER & GRUNTS

SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

15 11

Advance Deployment
Combined Ranged Attack

NYSS LONGBOW
RNG ROF AOE POW

12

10

SWORD

Stealth

Striders
are
blighted
Nyss scouts sent ahead
of the Legion to spy on
FIELD ALLOWANCE
2
troop movements and
LEADER & 5 GRUNTS
6
assassinate
sentries
SMALL BASE
and other targets of
opportunity deep within
hostile lands. Their transformation has reduced them to
bitter vassals, enhanced their killer instinct, and honed their
talent for slaying the living. Striders sadistically and gladly
kill the lowest animals or murder any unarmed innocent
crossing their path. They savor the grim satisfaction gained
from each death because it is one of the few emotions they
are still able to feel. Striders have fallen upon defenseless
villages in northern Khador in the dead of night, barging
into houses to satisfy their implacable need to slay every
last man, woman, and child they meet.

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POW

P+S

The blight brought a special gift to these rangers who

once patrolled the wilds. As it consumed them, their legs
deformed and lengthened. Their bones stretched as if
pulled on a torturers rack while their calves snapped in
half to be reshaped into new leg joints. The bones of their
feet fused and reformed, and their nails hardened into
claws able to grip the earth. These alterations turned them
into swift hunters able to run at full speed across solid ice,
hurdle logs, weave through underbrush, and easily leap
across small streams.
Keeping to the shadows and trees, striders in-stinctively
approach from downwind and strike from blind spots.

granting the mercy of death. Despite being transformed into

ruthless killing machines, striders still maintain one vestige
of their former lives: After each slaughter they perform
a ritual in which they dip a single ravens feather in the
blood of every kill. They wear ever-growing cloaks of these
feathers to remind them of their role in the many deaths left
by the Legions passing.

BLIGHTED NYSS STRIDER OFFICER

& MUSICIAN
LEGION UNIT ATTACHMENT
Kaya the Moonhunter

TACTICAL TIPS
TAKE UP Effects include spells and animi. Remember that if this
model remains in play as a result of Take Up it is the same model.

Attachment [Blighted Nyss

Striders] This attachment
can be added to a Blighted
Nyss Striders unit.

OFFICER
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

RNG ROF AOE POW

Advance Deployment

12

Combined Ranged Attack

10

SWORD
POW

P+S

MUSICIAN

Stealth

SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

Their leaders are entrusted to operate autonomously,

scouting each new region ahead of Everblights quickly
moving legion. Their prominence among the newly

Granted: Reform While

this model is in play, after
all models in its unit have
completed their actions,
each can advance up to 3 .

shrewd anticipation of the needs of this growing army.

The striders are artisans of the ambush, always prepared
to harass and bloody the enemy and allowing no reprieve
from their unerring assaults.

Tactics: Hunter Models

in this unit gain Hunter. (A
model with Hunter ignores
forests, concealment, and
cover when determining LOS
or making a ranged attack.)

Striders rely on the call of the horn to communicate their

will across the most desolate landscapes. By this sound they
are called to gather and are unleashed upon the enemies of
Everblight. The Nyss have used such horns since ancient
times to convey information rapidly across great distances,
particularly in times of strife. The sudden sounding of these

15 11

NYSS LONGBOW

OFFICER
Their skill with the bow derives from a unique mix of
inherent Nyss ability and their own bodies blight-based
enhancement. Possessed of keen instincts and endless
stamina, in motion they seem more similar to animals than
to the race that spawned them.

MUSICIAN

15 11

NYSS LONGBOW
RNG ROF AOE POW

12

10

SWORD
POW

P+S

OFFICERS DAMAGE 5
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
SMALL BASE

1
3

Advance Deployment
Combined Ranged Attack
Stealth
In Step While this model is within 3 of it, the unit
commander gains +3 to its command range.
Take Up If this model is destroyed
or removed from play, you can
choose a Grunt in this unit within
1 of this model to take its place.
Effects on this model expire, and it
gains the effects on the chosen Grunt.
Remove the Grunt from the table
instead of this model. This model has the
same number of unmarked damage boxes
as the chosen Grunt.

the humans of northern mountain towns.

Nyss musicians can convey a wealth of
information in subtle shifts of tone and
length of note. In battle they can also
unleash a mournful wail that drowns out
all other sound and sends an instinctive
chill straight to the bones of their enemies.

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BLIGHTED
NYSS SWORDSMEN
LEGION UNIT
Nyss blademaster teaching

LEADER & GRUNTS

LEADER & GRUNTS

SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

14 13

NYSS CLAYMORE

NYSS CLAYMORE
POW

P+S

11

FIELD ALLOWANCE
LEADER & 5 GRUNTS
LEADER & 9 GRUNTS
SMALL BASE

Fearless
Weapon Master

2
5
8

For

many

unsuspecting

approaching doom was

a long line of their own
people striding toward
them
holding
long
claymores pulled from their sheaths. As the villagers witnessed
this unsettling group drawing closer, their sense of dread only
increased, fed by a growing certainty that something terrible
and inherently wrong approached.
It was not simply the strangely lean forms of the advancing
troops, as if all fat had been trimmed from them, nor even the
was most disturbing. It was their
dead eyes, terrible and empty.
The warriors did not respond to
queries or pleas, and as village
defenders realized their peril
and drew their own weapons,
it was too late. The blighted
swordsmen swept through them
like threshers at harvest. Their
keen blades severed heads and
sheared off limbs with brutal
and emotionless precision. For
them this act was not one of
warfare or the slaughter of their
precisely executed butchery. The
blighted Nyss swordsmen now
turn this skill upon Everblights
enemies, be they Khadorans, the
hardy trollkin of the northwest,
or survivors of their own Nyss
bloodlines.
Blighted swordsmen retain
a close connection to their
sacred weapons of the Nyss.
This attachment could well be
the only remnant of ordinary
emotions they retain. In battle
they achieve perfect union

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death. They even disdain armor, preferring to enter battle

bare-chested. Their black eyes show no sign of rage or
cruelty as they conduct their atrocities, only an emptiness
more akin to serene calm.
The swordsmen revere their blades more than they could
any single life, fastidiously accounting for the weapons of
their fallen compatriots after battle is done. They consider
their treasured claymores to be the very embodiment
of their essence, utterly refusing to abandon these keen
reminders of their past. The only satisfaction they might
derive from life, in fact, is knowing their swords will outlast
them. Between battles blighted swordsmen can often be
found staring at their weapons, as if almost recapturing a
faint memory of their former lives.

BLIGHTED NYSS SWORDSMAN ABBOT

& CHAMPION
LEGION UNIT ATTACHME NT
Abbot Syryth Laryssar

TACTICAL TIPS
OFFICER
does not replace a grunt in its unit. Instead the unit leader becomes
the unit commander.

Attachment [Blighted
Nyss Swordsmen] This
attachment can be added to
a Blighted Nyss Swordsmen
unit.

ABBOT
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

Fearless

14 13

NYSS CLAYMORE

ABBOT
Among the Nyss corrupted by the dragons blight, the

4
POW

P+S

11

CHAMPION
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

Many lost their sense of self, unable to comprehend what

compelled them to hack apart their kin. Their hollowness
aligned naturally with the meditative discipline of sword
mastery, allowing them to evade the horror of their actions
by concentrating solely on their skill. They turned emptiness
itself into a form of spirituality, embracing an emotional
void to achieve absolute perfection with the blade.
Those who fully embraced this murderous meditation have
since become the greatest blade masters of their race. These
are the abbots, both feared and respected within the Legion
for the absolute calm with which they skillfully execute a
variety of atrocities.
The abbots have achieved something akin to a state of
utter dispassion and grace. The monks of the blade have

Granted: Cleave While

this model is in play,
models in its unit gain
Cleave. (When a model
with Cleave destroys one
or more enemy models
with a melee attack during
its activation, immediately
after the attack is resolved
the model can make one
additional melee attack. A
model can gain only one
additional attack from
Cleave per activation.)

14 13

NYSS CLAYMORE
POW

P+S

11

ABBOTS DAMAGE
CHAMPIONS DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
SMALL BASE

5
5
1
3

Tactics: Overtake Models in this unit gain Overtake. (When

a model with Overtake destroys one or more enemy warrior
models with a normal melee attack, after the attack is resolved
this model can immediately advance up to 1 .)

NYSS CLAYMORE
Weapon Master

CHAMPION
Fearless
Defensive Strike Once per turn, when an enemy
model advances into and ends its movement in this
models melee range, this model can immediately
make one normal melee attack against it.

NYSS CLAYMORE
(CHAMPION ONLY)
Weapon Master
Combo Strike ( Attack) Make a melee attack.
Instead of making a normal damage roll, the POW
of the damage roll is equal to this models STR plus
twice the POW of this weapon.

attracted devotees from among the most skilled and

disciplined swordsmen. Abbots and their students
are devoted not to a god but to the abstraction of the
best students are called champions, some of whom
have learned to immerse themselves so utterly in
their art that they can perform the astonishing

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BLIGHTED
OGRUN WARMONGERS
LEGION UNIT
Vayl, Disciple of Everblight

LEADER & GRUNTS

LEADER & GRUNTS

SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

12 16

WAR CLEAVER
POW

P+S

14

DAMAGE
8 EA
FIELD ALLOWANCE
3
LEADER & 2 GRUNTS
5
LEADER & 4 GRUNTS
8
MEDIUM BASE

Fearless
Terror
Berserk When this model
destroys one or more
models with a melee attack
during its combat action,
immediately after the attack
is resolved it must make
one additional melee attack
against another model in its
melee range.

WAR CLEAVER
Reach

The blight has brutalized the ogrun, ravaging their bodies

by deforming and augmenting them at the same time.
Warmongers are blight-bred for slaughter. Their mad
endure night and day. Completely incapable of sleeping,
warmongers often chant to themselves in low tones and
stare obsessively at some vision unseen by others, their
faces twisted with anger and seething menace. Only battle
brings them true release. Divorced from any sense of
self-preservation, they can withstand brutal punishment
without feeling any pain. They constantly emit a putrid
odor, as if the lingering stench of death has seeped into their
very being.

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After conquering the Nyss, Everblight turned his attention

to enslaving and converting the outlying tribes of wild
ogrun dwelling in the northern mountains. Having been
born among them, Thagrosh knew the locations of their
enclaves and the numbers of their race. The Prophet is
so removed from his former nature that he feels neither
mercy nor malice for those he once claimed as kin, and
he willingly offered his knowledge to his dragon master.
Despite Thagroshs cold treachery, the warmongers both
fear and revere him; their leaders have gone so far as to
name themselves his apostles.
The Nyss are markedly cool toward the warmongers. They
barely tolerate the brutes and keep themselves carefully
segregated, for the ogrun have a nasty habit of murdering
anything in their path, whether friend or foe. More than one
Nyss has lingered too close to these horrible creatures in
combat only to be brutally hacked to pieces by a berserking
warmongers cleaver.

BLIGHTED OGRUN WARSPEARS

LEGION UNIT
Which is more horrible: the broken remains of their victims or their joyous howls upon each kill?
Garkarsh Martovin, Wolf of Orboros huntsman

TACTICAL TIPS
ASSAULT (ORDER) The assaulting model ignores the target in melee
penalty even if is not in melee range of its charge target after moving.

Only in comparison to the deranged warmongers would

the warspears be described as anything except violent
savages. The blight has twisted their minds as well as their
which they deliver their massive spears is enough to pierce
iron and impale a man at thirty paces.
Out of some twisted sense of sport, ogrun warspears enjoy
the opportunity to test their might against more formidable
adversaries. Though killing humans provides minor

LEADER & GRUNTS

Fearless

LEADER & GRUNTS

SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

Terror

12 16

Assault (Order) Affected

THROWN SPEAR
RNG ROF AOE POW
models must charge or run.
8
1
4
As part of a charge, after
moving but before making
WAR SPEAR
its charge attack, an affected
POW
P+S
model can make one ranged
4
13
attack targeting the model
DAMAGE
8 EACH
charged unless they were in
FIELD ALLOWANCE
3
melee with each other at the
start of the affected models
LEADER & 2 GRUNTS
5
activation. Models that
LEADER & 4 GRUNTS
8
received this order cannot
MEDIUM BASE
make combined ranged
attacks this activation.
When resolving an Assault ranged attack, the attacking model
does not suffer the target in melee penalty. If the target is not in
melee range after moving, the affected model must still make
the ranged attack before its activation ends.

THROWN SPEAR
Thrown Add this models STR to the POW of this ranged attack.

WAR SPEAR
Reach
Set Defense A model in this models front arc
suffers 2 on charge, slam power attack, and
impact attack rolls against this model.

amusement, it is no challenge;
they prefer to do battle with
the likes of trolls, warpwolves,
cyclopes, and warjacks. These
brutal warriors preface frenzied
rushes with the deadly arcs of their
spears. Enemies not killed outright
by this initial onslaught are typically
stunned long enough for the blighted

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BLACKFROST
SHARD
LEGION BLIGHTED NYSS CHARACTER UNIT
Sevryn Blackfrost

SEVRYN

SEVRYN
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

14 12

Immunity: Cold

NYSS CLAYMORE
POW

P+S

Magic Ability [7]

RHYLYSS
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

14 12

NYSS CLAYMORE
POW

P+S

VYSARR
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

14 12

NYSS CLAYMORE
POW

P+S

Disbinding ( Action)
Enemy upkeep spells on
this model and/or its unit
immediately expire.
Ice Bolt ( Attack) Ice
Bolt is a RNG 10 magic
attack. A model hit
suffers a POW 12 cold
damage roll
. On a
critical hit, the model hit
becomes stationary for
one round unless it has
Immunity: Cold
.

Ice Cage ( Attack) Ice

Cage is a RNG 10 magic
attack. A model hit suffers
a cumulative 2 DEF for
one turn unless it has
Immunity: Cold
. When
a model without Immunity: Cold is hit with three or more Ice
Cage attacks the same turn, it becomes stationary for one round.

DAMAGE
5
FIELD ALLOWANCE
C
SEVRYN, RHYLYSS & VYSARR 5
SMALL BASE

RHYLYSS
Immunity: Cold
Magic Ability [7]
Ice Bolt ( Attack) See above.
Ice Cage ( Attack) See above.
Kiss of Lyliss ( Attack) Kiss of Lyliss is a RNG 10 magic
attack. For one round, when a model/unit hit by Kiss of Lyliss
suffers a damage roll add +2 to the roll.

VYSARR
Immunity: Cold
Magic Ability [7]
Ice Bolt ( Attack) See above.
Ice Cage ( Attack) See above.
Cloak of Mist ( Action) While in formation models in this
unit gain Stealth
. Cloak of Mist lasts for one round.

When the blighted Nyss speak of the Blackfrost Shard,

they refer to the three most ruthless scions of the shard: the
warrior-sorcerers Sevryn, Rhylyss, and Vysarr. Though the
clan has long been known for its arcane potential, the shard
has risen in prominence considerably since the arrival of the
dragon. The three brothers who now lead its numbers have
gained reputations for lethality and viciousness remarkable
even among the ruthless blighted Nyss.
The trio were once considered rebellious malcontents by
their kinsmen but have risen to lead those who scorned
them. The sorcerer Sevryn heads this inner cabal. A severe
and practical Nyss, Sevryn possesses extraordinary insight
into the interactions of blight and sorcerous energies. He
is able to unravel the enchantments of his enemies while
summoning powerful evocations to strike them down with
chilling ruthlessness. It is he who maintains order with the
shard, enforcing discipline throughout its ranks.
His younger brothers Rhylyss and Vysarr invariably
accompany Sevryn in all actions. Potent sorcerers in their
own right, they nevertheless follow their elder brother
unquestioningly. Even before the blight touched them, the
three shared an intuitive bond, each of them complementing
the movements of the others as they fought with spell and
blade. Rhylyss learned to work bloody curses upon their
enemies, and Vysarr developed means of hiding them from
detection. Working in conjunction, the three can ensnare
even the most powerful prey in bonds of ice, leaving their
victims fates to the whims of their blighted masters.
With the dragons blighted touch deepening the darkest
aspects of their personalities, Rhylyss predilection toward
reclusive mind has made him as quietly focused as a hawk
of the three, but what was once a brooding rebelliousness
toward the traditions of the Nyss has become something
else. He is an ambitious and keenly intelligent leader, one
who secretly hopes to cement a permanent leadership role
in the evolving society of the blighted Nyss. He aspires
someday to be granted one of Everblights athanc shards. He

NYSS CLAYMORE
Magical Weapon
Weapon Master

Sevryn

TACTICAL TIPS
MAGIC ABILITY Performing a Magic Ability special action or
special attack counts as casting a spell.

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Vysarr
Rhylyss

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SPAWNING
VESSEL
LEGION BLIGHTED NYSS UNIT
Heed our call and send forth the akriel!
Prayer of the Acolyths of Everblight

VESSEL

VESSEL
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

18

NYSS GRUNTS
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

13 11

GAFF
POW

P+S

VESSELS DAMAGE
10
FIELD ALLOWANCE
1
VESSEL & 4 GRUNTS
2
VESSEL & 6 GRUNTS
3
VESSEL MEDIUM BASE
GRUNT SMALL BASE

Construct
Carried This model is
not a warrior model. It can
advance only during its
units normal movement.
When it advances, it can
move up to 1 for each Grunt
in this unit within 2 of it at
the beginning of this units
activation. This model is
automatically hit by melee
attacks. It cannot be knocked
down or made stationary.

Focal Point This

models unit has no unit
commander. Models in
this unit within 8 of this
model are in formation. If a model in this models unit is out of
formation when beginning its normal movement, it must either
advance toward this model and forfeit its action or run directly
toward this model. If this model is destroyed or removed from
play, remove the remaining models in this unit from play.
Last Call If this model is disabled by an enemy attack, it can
immediately make a special action.
Recycle When a living model is destroyed within 4 of this
model + 1 for each Grunt in this unit that is in formation, place
one corpse token on this model. This model can have up to
three corpse tokens at a time.
Spawn Horror ( Action) Remove three corpse tokens from
this model to place a non-character Faction lesser warbeast into
play under your control. Place the warbeast within 3 of this
model and choose a friendly Faction warlock. This warbeast
becomes part of that warlocks battlegroup.

NYSS GRUNTS
Stone Heart
command checks.

GAFF
Reach

The cowled acolyths entrusted with spawning vessels

snagging corpses with their gaff hooks and

charnel reduction that sucks additions into its

depths. There the corpses churn and simmer
spawn stretches and snaps the membrane
on the liquids surface as it leaps out onto the
its ravenous hunger.

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TACTICAL TIPS
SPAWN HORROR The warbeast can activate the turn it is put into play.
FOCAL POINT Because this unit does not have a unit commander,
models in this unit cannot receive the run or charge orders.

Spawning vessels are wrought-iron cauldrons crafted by

ogrun slaves and delivered to Everblights chosen warlocks.
Blighted Nyss sorcerers inscribe profane runes upon them
in the language of the dragons to imbue the vessel with the
essence of unchecked growth. This power is awakened by a
baptism in draconic blood that allows the vessel to serve as
a crucible for the creation of dragonspawn. Pure draconic
by the Legion until the foul, black soup becomes gravid
with corruption.
The acolyths who administer the vessel are blighted
female Nyss bound by oaths to perform the rituals and
They actively embody the Legions ghastly proliferation.

plucked clean of corpses.

BLIGHTED NYSS SHEPHERD

LEGION SOLO
I have seen the shepherds of Everblight caress the spawn entrusted to their care with an affection
Saeryn, Omen of Everblight

The effect of the blight is not entirely predictable. It

it brings singular purity of mind and purpose. Among
those graced with nearly perfect acceptance of their
new state are the shepherds, who sense echoes
of Everblights whispered thoughts in the
behavior of the spawn around them.

SHEPHERD
Beast Manipulation A
warbeast can be affected by
only one Beast Manipulation
special action each turn.
Condition ( Action)
RNG 3. Target friendly
Faction warbeast. If the
warbeast is in range, place
any number of fury points
on or remove any number
of fury points from it.

SHEPHERD
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

14 12

CROOKED STAFF
POW

P+S

FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
SMALL BASE

2
1

Medicate ( Action) RNG 3. Target friendly Faction warbeast.

If the warbeast is in range, it heals d3 damage points. A
warbeast can be affected by Medicate only once per turn.
Beast Master This model can force friendly Faction warbeasts
in its command range as if it were their controlling warlock.

CROOKED STAFF
Reach

While most of the Legion respect and fear dragonspawn

as symbolic extensions of Everblight, shepherds share a
particular and close relationship with the creatures. They
spend nearly all their time with the spawn entrusted to their
care, even preferring to sleep among them, and can become
short-tempered if forced to deal with their own kind beyond
the briefest of exchanges.
Other Nyss look upon the connection between shepherd
and spawn with awe and sometimes envy, as only the
few warlocks gifted with shards of the dragons athanc
share a closer connection to their draconic master.
Shepherds are set apart and viewed as specially
blessed because of their unique relationship
with Everblights dragonspawn.

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BLIGHTED
NYSS SORCERESS & HELLION
LEGION CAVALRY SOLO
By the grace of Everblight will we split the sky asunder and let hell rain down
Nyss Sorceress Nyleth

SORCERESS

SORCERESS
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

14 16

SPEAR
POW

P+S

MOUNT
POW

10

DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
LARGE BASE

10
2
4

Aerial Coordination
Friendly Faction warbeasts
with Flight beginning their
activations in this models
command range can charge
without being forced.
Flight This model can
advance through terrain and
obstacles without penalty
and can advance through
obstructions and other models
if it has enough movement
to move completely past
them. This model ignores
intervening models when
declaring its charge target.

TACTICAL TIPS
MAGIC ABILITY Performing a Magic Ability special action or
special attack counts as casting a spell.

their full potential. Since joining the Legion these bloodlines

have risen to new prominence as Everblights energies have
awakened the power even in those who had not previously
manifested it.
Blighted Nyss sorceresses have carved a niche as vassals and
messengers of Everblights generals. Though the dragon
and his warlocks enjoy instantaneous communication
across any distance, the rest of the Nyss must rely upon
more mundane means to convey orders. Sorceresses play a

Magic Ability [7]

Blight Storm ( Action) Place a 5 AOE anywhere
completely in this models command range. When an enemy
model in the AOE is directly hit by an attack and the damage
roll fails to exceed its ARM, it automatically suffers 1 damage
point. Blight Storm lasts for one round.
Frostbite ( Attack) Frostbite is a RNG SP 8 magic attack.
Models hit suffer a POW 12 cold damage roll
.
Wind Ravager ( Action) While in this models command
range, enemy models cannot make ranged attacks for one round.

SPEAR
Magical Weapon
Reach

Traditionally Nyss sorcerers rode into battle on the backs

of ulk alongside Nyss hunters. Always looking to improve
upon natural offerings, Everblight has presented his
sorceresses with hellions, fell creatures that once carried
the warlords of Morrdh into battle. Sweeping out
of frozen skies, hellions fall upon their earthbound
enemies and deliver their mistresses into the heart
of the fray. The half-mad sorceresses who ride
them must be strong and agile enough to stand
precariously atop their beasts without saddles or
dizzying speeds while their riders unleash powerful
magic wherever the need is most pressing. With little
sorceress can summon howling winds to rip a distant
victim limb from limb.
In the conquered Nyss, Everblight assimilated a rich magical
tradition. Sorcery has a distinguished history among these
people, initially connected to their religious practices.
Certain bloodlines produced a great number of sorcerers,
prompting Nyss priests to nurture and train them to unlock

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They also lend their power and knowledge of blighted

runecraft to the creation of spawning vessels, ensuring their
masters forces are well supplied with creatures of war.

THE
FORSAKEN
LEGION BLIGHTED NYSS SOLO
Thagrosh, Prophet of Everblight

Twisted beyond recognition, the forsaken are the malignant

children of the dragons accursed touch. The very presence
of these abominations is anathema to life. They feed upon the
aura to generate a mantle of blighted essence overwhelming
enough to strike down the living by mere proximity.
These harrowing creatures are as sacred to the Legion
their alien beauty and strange majesty. Capable of
momentary periods of lucidity, forsaken are nonetheless

FORSAKEN
Abomination
Fearless
Blight Shroud ( Action)
Remove all fury points from
this model. Enemy models
within 1 of this model for
each fury point removed
suffer a POW 8 damage
roll. Add an additional die
to the damage roll for each
focus or fury point on the
enemy model.

FORSAKEN
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

14 14

CLAW
POW

P+S

12

DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
SMALL BASE

5
2
2

Consume Fury ( Action) RNG CMD. Target friendly Faction

warbeast. If the warbeast is in range, remove up to 5 fury points
from it and put them on this model. This model can have up to
5 fury points at a time.
Ferocious During its activation, this model can spend fury
points to gain additional attacks or to boost attack or damage
rolls, at 1 fury point per attack or boost.

unquestionably insane. This madness might derive from an

they once were, unprotected by the blind resolve brought
to other Nyss by more subtle applications of the blight.
In their more cogent moments the forsaken remember the
annihilation of their race and see in themselves the pure
essence of the darkness responsible.
No ordered method guides the genesis of forsaken, though
they seem to be created with greater frequency within
the strong aura of blight that immediately surrounds
warlocks and their athancs. Each of the sinister creatures
is an aberration spawned from the unique stresses of one
blight that prompts an uncontrolled and unpredictable
acceleration of the transmutative cycle. Even the most
fanatical of Everblights vassals fears this fate. With bodies
changed suddenly and irrevocably, forsaken often display
draconic features, such as arms warped into vestigial
spurred claws.

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INCUBUS
LEGION SOLO
Though our enemy hides beneath a guise of flesh and bone, there can be no doubt that
Omnipotent Lortus

INCUBUS

INCUBUS
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

12 15

Fearless

Host Incubi models

do not begin the game
CLAWS
in play. When a friendly
POW
P+S
living non-Incubus, non3
11
warlock, small-based
FIELD ALLOWANCE
2
Faction warrior model is
destroyed, you can mark
5 INCUBI
5
its center point and remove
SMALL BASE
that model from play. You
can only mark up to one
point for each Incubus you have that has not been put into
play or removed from play. During your next Maintenance
Phase, put one Incubus model into play within 2 of each
point marked. If there is not room to place an Incubus model,
remove the marker from the table and remove from play one
Incubi that has not been put into play.
Soulless This model does not generate a soul token when it
is destroyed.

CLAWS
Combo Strike ( Attack) Make a melee attack. Instead of
making a normal damage roll, the POW of the damage roll is
equal to this models STR plus twice the POW of this weapon.

The sheer inhumanity of Everblights designs appears in the

twisted manifestations of his will, and few of his creations
are more insidious than the incubus. This blighted organism
infects its host like a sentient disease, spreading through the

transforming into a hideous draconic abomination

blighted Nyss hosts a lurking incubus. With an
inhuman cry of pain from its host, the incubus
the attack.

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Incubi originated as a by-product of the research that

gave birth to the nephilim. Chosen hosts welcome this
infection, considering it an honor to bear any concentration
of Everblights blood. They know that when they fall, the
incubus they carry will strike down their killer. The horrible
monstrosities triggered by their death throes survive no
more than an hour before they dissolve into a caustic mass
of blighted tissue. In their short lives these creatures can
amass a dreadful body count against the Legions enemies
in addition to doing incalculable damage to the oppositions
morale: often, witnesses will hesitate to strike a killing blow
in later clashes for fear of spawning a devouring nightmare.

STRIDER DEATHSTALKER
LEGION BLIGHTED NYSS SOLO
Morvahna the Autumnblade

Though all striders are precision instruments of death,

some few rise above their peers. These creatures are so
far mutated from their old species they are barely even
recognizable as Nyss. From the way they tilt their heads
at peculiar angles to the coldness of their unblinking
countenances, deathstalkers resemble ravens or falcons far
more than they do those who were once their kin.
their attacks in meticulous detail and gather as much
information as possible before they strike. The assault of
a single deathstalker has been known to convince enemies
that an entire force of bowmen had besieged them. Like
predatory animals, these archers toy with their victims
dispassionately, yet their games are far more intricate and
deliberately cruel. After provoking the enemy to foolish

DEATHSTALKER
Advance Deployment

DEATHSTALKER
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

7
Stealth

15 11

NYSS LONGBOW

Leadership [Striders] While

in this models command
range, friendly Strider models
gain Swift Hunter.

RNG ROF AOE POW

12

10

SWORD
POW

P+S

9
Snap Fire When this
model destroys one or
DAMAGE
5
more enemy models with
FIELD ALLOWANCE
2
a ranged attack during its
POINT COST
2
combat action, immediately
SMALL BASE
after that attack is resolved
this model can make one
normal ranged attack. Attacks gained from Snap Fire do not
count against a weapons ROF and cannot generate additional
attacks from Snap Fire.
Sniper When damaging a warjack or warbeast with a ranged
attack, choose which column or branch suffers damage. Instead
damage point. A model that participates in a combined ranged
attack loses Sniper until the attack is resolved.
Swift Hunter When this model destroys an enemy model
with a normal ranged attack, immediately after the attack is
resolved it can advance up to 2 .

takes for their quarry to make a mistake.

A deathstalker can blend into her
surroundings and sit silently for hours
to avoid giving away her position; the
depth of her patience is unnerving even
to other striders.
Deathstalkers enjoy a clear place of honor
among the Legion, demanding obeisance
from fellow Nyss by virtue of their piercing
intelligence and Everblights obvious
their arrogance, however; Legion warlocks
trust them to execute long and complex
missions and afford them considerable leeway
in commanding other stalkers. Coordinating
their brethren with the barest glances and
gestures, deathstalkers move effortlessly to entrap
and execute their prey.

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SPELL
MARTYR
LEGION SOLO
Nyss Sorceress Nyleth

SPELL MARTYR

SPELL MARTYR
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

13 12

Soulless This model does

not generate a soul token
when it is destroyed.

CLAWS
POW

P+S

FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
SMALL BASE

Fearless

3
1

While this model is not in

melee and is in a friendly
Faction warlocks control
area, the warlock can
channel a spell through it.
Remove this model from
play after the spell is cast.

Floating above the earth, spell martyrs are visible reminders

that every life in the Legion is bound to its draconic master.
Each martyr, though scarcely alive, is a ready vessel for
the tremendous arcane might of Everblights warlocks.
Channeling such energies through a martyr extends the
arcane reach of the dragons chosen even as it spontaneously
Though the Nyss are Everblights favored servants, they
are relatively few in number; thus, each of them is valuable
beyond estimation. Pragmatic in the extreme, the dragon
damaged followers so that they might continue to serve him
offer their bodies up to Everblights warlocks to use as they
The most permanent of the Legions camps in the far
north house a cabal of sorcerers devoted to the furthering
the Legions occult knowledge. It is these sorcerers who
designed many of the armys deadliest weapons. When
they turned their abilities toward the search for ways to

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extend the lives of injured Nyss, they began to experiment

with mingling Aeric runes and draconic secrets formerly
known only to their master. Eventually they sought to use
the Legions intimate knowledge of the dragons athanc to
create a crude simulacrum, a crystalline talisman to bind
serving as a conduit for blighted energies. The simulacrum
holds the mortally injured Nyss in perpetual stasis at the
very threshold of death, as hollow shells awaiting the touch
of the dragons will. With a thought, Everblights warlocks
send their power through the martyrs to release them from

WARMONGER
WAR CHIEF
LEGION BLIGHTED OGRUN SOLO
Vayl, Disciple of Everblight

Though all warmongers are sadistic butchers, only a few

have the will and intellect required to lead the degenerate
tribes as war chiefs. War chiefs look to Thagrosh as the
embodiment of the dragon that has enthralled their twisted
minds. When Thagrosh stands before his ogrun, they
become united in purpose and stronger than any other force
in the Legion.
Aware of their preeminence over their kind, war chiefs
delight in pausing over their kills, devouring them in
the heat of battle and challenging any to question their
dominance. The very scent of blood lends the war chief
strength, and drinking it fresh restores his vitality.

WAR CHIEF
Fearless
Terror
Berserk When this model
destroys one or more
models with a melee attack
during its combat action,
immediately after the attack
is resolved it must make
one additional melee attack
against another model in its
melee range.

WAR CHIEF
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

12 17

WAR CLEAVER
POW

P+S

14

DAMAGE
FIELD ALLOWANCE
POINT COST
MEDIUM BASE

8
2
3

Blood Drinker Immediately after this model resolves a melee

attack in which it destroys one or more living models, it can end
its activation to heal d3 damage points.
Leadership [Blighted Ogrun] While in this models command
range, friendly Blighted Ogrun models gain Blood Drinker.
Veteran Leader [Blighted Ogrun] Friendly Blighted Ogrun trooper
models gain +2 to attack rolls while this model is in their LOS.

WAR CLEAVER
Reach

Even though the blight has transformed these warriors in

psyche remains. Ogrun feel it is their purpose in life to
follow a great leader, one worthy of being called korune.
This instinct is so powerful it can partially override
a warmongers berserker frenzy, inciting them to
follow his bloody example in battle.

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ANNYSSA
RYVAAL, TALON OF EVERBLIGHT
BLIGHTED NYSS LIGHT CAVALRY CHARACTER SOLO
Lylyth, Shadow of Everblight

RYVAAL

RYVAAL
SPD STR MAT RAT DEF ARM CMD

15 15

NYSS LONGBOW
RNG ROF AOE POW

12

10

Stealth
Parry This model cannot
be targeted by free strikes.
Prey After deployment

TACTICAL TIPS
PREY
movement.

Her efforts did not escape notice, and it became increasingly

MOUNT
POW

turn, choose an enemy

model/unit to be this
model/units prey. This
DAMAGE
8
model gains +2 to attack
FIELD ALLOWANCE
C
and damage rolls against
POINT COST
4
its prey. When this model
LARGE BASE
begins its activation within
10 of its prey, it gains +2
movement that activation.
When the prey is destroyed or removed from play, choose
another model/unit to be the prey.
12

Snap Fire When this model destroys one or more enemy

models with a ranged attack during its combat action,
immediately after that attack is resolved this model can make
one normal ranged attack. Attacks gained from Snap Fire do not
count against a weapons ROF and cannot generate additional
attacks from Snap Fire.
Veteran Leader [Raptor] Friendly Raptor trooper models gain
+2 to attack rolls while this model is in their LOS.

NYSS LONGBOW
Poison Gain an additional die on this weapons damage rolls
against living models.

Those Annyssa Ryvaal marks for death rarely see their

killer but instead fall to poisoned arrows that emerge from
the blighted Nyss, a distinction that marks her as one of
superb weapon skills have made her second only to Lylyth
among the ranks of Everblights scouts.
By the time Everblight came to dominate the Nyss, Ryvaal
was already an outcast on the fringes of Nyss society. Her
marauding band accepted any Nyss willing to do whatever
was required to survive. They took what they needed from
any who crossed their path, stealing from their fellow Nyss
and murdering any humans they encountered. When she
heard of the Legions rise, Ryvaal turned on them with
cunning and skill acquired from decades of life as an outlaw.
She was no match for the Legion in direct confrontation, so
for months she conducted a campaign of elimination and
harassment at their remote encampments, hunting blighted
Nyss whenever small bands separated from the main body
and vanishing afterward.

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of death and accepted its inevitability. If she must perish,

she would take as many of the foe with her as possible. Her
tactics grew more reckless and her victories more pyrrhic.
Eventually her efforts drew attention from a hunter worthy
of her: Lylyth, the Herald of Everblight.
Lylyths forces chased the outlaw and her followers into
of escape, Ryvaal turned her armored ulk and charged
leapt into the midst of the enclosing enemy archers, and she
set upon them with a savage fury. She demonstrated peerless
arrows and parrying enemy blades with her reinforceed bow
as her ulk impaled blighted Nyss with its horns. Shocked by
Ryvaals frenzy, her pursuers began to fall back. She might
have routed them entirely had Lylyth not been present,
gauging her movements and preparing a blight-empowered
shot. As the dragons forces closed around her, Ryvaal lost
consciousness, sure her end was at hand.
When she awoke to the agony of her wound and the
alien sensation of the blight enveloping her, Ryvaal saw
only Lylyth. The warlock had spared her, recognizing in
her a determination and ruthless spirit equal to her own.
Accepting her fate, Ryvaal took Lylyths hand and never
looked back.
As Lylyth assumed control of the Legions scout forces, it
was Ryvaal she looked to as her lieutenant. Under Ryvaals
command her raptors range miles beyond the forces of the
Legion carrying out missions and making attacks against
targets of opportunity. More than one Rhulic or Winter
Guard patrol has met its end on a mountain pass beneath
the poisoned arrows of Ryvaals hunters.

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LEGION PAINTING GUIDE

alien force, and the color scheme we use on
the studio army emphasizes this. Details like
blood spatter, white alien eyes, and the blue
great impact.
Of the paint schemes for all the WARMACHINE
and HORDES armies, Legions has the highest
value contrast. Large sections of gleaming
platinum and snowy white contrast with dark

browns and blacks for a striking effect. To keep

the palette from being overpowering, there
is no color contrast on the models; instead,
complementary colors of dark blue-green,
magenta, and pale purples harmonize to produce
a balanced palette. This is a good approach to use
in your own paint schemes, since a scheme that
contrasts strongly on both the color and value
scales is likely to come off as overpowering and
unpleasant to the eye.

PAINTING TERMINOLOGY
BASECOAT
The initial coat of paint on which everything else will be built. It is
important that the basecoat is very clean and every color is where
it should be. Your shades and highlights will coordinate with the
basecoat and main color choices.

HIGHLIGHTING
A lighter color applied to the basecoat in the raised areas of a
miniature to create the look of light hitting the surface. When
highlighting in multiple steps, keep a little bit of the underlying color
showing, overlapping them like the shingles on a roof.

DRYBRUSHING
The quick way to highlight a textured surface. Use a lighter color,
but remove most of the paint from your brush by stroking the
bristles on a paper towel until the paint is almost gone. Then
carefully and quickly move the brush back and forth across the
surface of the miniature.

SHADING
A darker color applied to the basecoat in the recessed areas of a
miniature to create shadows. Exaggerating the shade and highlight
colors will add to the visual appeal of a model.

GLAZE
A mixture of water and a small amount of ink that is applied in
successive layers to subtly tint an area.

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WASH
A tinted mix liberally applied to the basecoat to create detailed
shading. The wash will run into the smallest crevasses on a model and
dry as a shadow, so it needs to be a darker color than the basecoat.
The wash mix works well as 4 parts Mixing Medium, 1 part paint/ink,
and 3 parts water.

BLIGHTED FLESH
Step 1) Mix a small dot each of Exile Blue and
Skorne Red into Frostbite for the basecoat,
making sure Frostbite remains the dominant
color. Add a couple more dots of Exile Blue and
Skorne Red to the mixture for shading.
Step 2) Mix just Skorne Red and Exile Blue for
1

Step 3) Mix some of the base color with Morrow

White for the initial highlights.
Step 4)
mixing medium to Morrow White to ease the
transition of color.
Step 5) Use Thamar Black to black out the eyes
and draw a thin eyebrow line.
Step 6) Fill in the eyeballs with Trollblood
Highlight, leaving a thin line of black around the
rim of the eyeball.
Step 7) Add tiny dots of Morrow White to give
the eyes expression while maintaining a lifeless
and alien look.
Step 8) Apply a thin glaze of Murderous
Magenta on the lips and upper eyelids.

Frostbite

Thamar Black

Exile Blue

Trollblood Highlight

Skorne Red

Murderous Magenta

Morrow White

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BEAST FLESH

Step 1) The blighted Nyss and their warbeasts

share the same skin tone, so start by shading and

Step 3) Shade with a mix of Khador Red Base

and Murderous Magenta.
Step 4)
White.

Step 2) Wash the areas with a mix of Khador

Red Base, Carnal Pink, Murderous Magenta,
mixing medium, and water.

Khador Red Base

Murderous Magenta

Carnal Pink

Morrow White

CHITIN

Brown Ink

Step 1) Basecoat the chitin with a mix of

Umbral Umber

Red Ink

Corps Brown.

Gun Corps Brown

Hammerfall Khaki

Step 2) Shade with a mix of Thamar Black,

Brown Ink, and Red Ink.

Thamar Black

Step 3)
Brown and Hammerfall Khaki.

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PLATINUM ARMOR

Step 4) After matte-sealing the model, highlight the edges

of the armor with Quick Silver.

Step 1) Basecoat the armor with a mixture of Pig Iron,

Beaten Purple, and Exile Blue. Make sure the iron metallic
dominates the mixture.

Pig Iron

Sanguine Base

Step 2) For the shading, mix equal parts Coal Black, Exile
Blue, and Sanguine Base, then add a couple of drops of
mixing medium for translucency. Apply this mixture as a

Beaten Purple

Radiant Platinum

Exile Blue

Quick Silver

Coal Black

Step 3) Highlight the texture using multiple layers of

Radiant Platinum. Blend as you go, and allow some of the
color from the previous steps to show through.

BLACK LEATHER ARMOR

Step 1) Basecoat the leather armor with Thamar Black to
ensure an especially dark base.

Step 4) Paint the trim and rivets following steps 1, 3, and 4

in Platinum Armor (see above).

Step 2) Mix Coal Black with Exile Blue and a drop of mixing
medium and use this to apply highlights.
Step 3) Add Frostbite to the previous mixture and continue
highlighting in successive layers, adding a little more
Frostbite to the mixture for each layer.

Thamar Black

Exile Blue

Coal Black

Frostbite

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BLOOD SPLATTER TECHNIQUES

Blow 2) Blow a very hard, short burst of air on
the brush. Be sure to have a second, slightly
damp brush handy to soak up any overspray.
Its best to practice this on something else before
committing to a miniature.

Blow 1) Mix two parts Brown Ink and one part

Blow 3) This technique is great for precise,

focused spattering. It is easy to control and
yields a random pattern. Take care not to
oversaturate the area by overloading your
brush or layering too many spatters on top of
each other.

some of it off on a paper towel, but make sure

your brush retains a point. Position your brush
about half an inch away from the target area.

Red Ink

Flick 1) Load a work or base hobby brush with

the ink mixture and wipe a little off, maintaining
a point on the brush tip. Position the brush
about half an inch away from the target area.
Pull the tip of your brush back as far as it will go

Flick 3) Be sure to use a brush that comes to a

Flick 2) This technique creates swaths of spatters

and can be messy, so have a second brush ready

blood-spatter effects. You can also use these

techniques to paint spattered mud and create
texture on stone surfaces.

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Brown Ink

spray pattern.
Combined Technique: Using blowing and

LEGION GALLERY

LYLYTH, HERALD OF EVERBLIGHT

LYLYTH, SHADOW OF EVERBLIGHT

Warlock

Epic Warlock

VAYL, DISCIPLE OF EVERBLIGHT

Warlock

RHYAS, SIGIL OF EVERBLIGHT

Warlock

ABSYLONIA, TERROR OF EVERBLIGHT

Warlock

SAERYN, OMEN OF EVERBLIGHT

Warlock

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THAGROSH, PROPHET OF EVERBLIGHT

Warlock

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THAGROSH, THE MESSIAH

Epic Warlock

HARRIERS

STINGERS

Lesser Warbeasts

Lesser Warbeasts

CARNIVEAN
Heavy Warbeast

RAVAGORE

SCYTHEAN

Heavy Warbeast

Heavy Warbeast

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BLIGHTED NYSS SWORDSMEN

Unit

BLIGHTED NYSS SWORDSMAN ABBOT & CHAMPION

BLIGHTED NYSS ARCHER OFFICER & AMMO PORTER

Unit Attachment

Unit Attachment

BLIGHTED NYSS ARCHERS

Unit

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ANGELIUS
Heavy Warbeast

BLIGHTED NYSS SCATHER CREW

Weapon Crew Unit

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SHREDDERS

NEPHILIM PROTECTOR

Lesser Warbeasts

Light Warbeast

NEPHILIM BOLT THROWER

NEPHILIM SOLDIER

Light Warbeast

Light Warbeast

INCUBI
Solos

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BLIGHTED NYSS STRIDERS

Unit

STRIDER DEATHSTALKER

BLIGHTED NYSS STRIDER OFFICER & MUSICIAN

Unit Attachment

Solo

BLIGHTED NYSS RAPTORS

Unit

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SERAPH

BLIGHTED NYSS SORCERESS & HELLION

Heavy Warbeast

Solo

BLIGHTED OGRUN WARMONGERS

WARMONGER WAR CHIEF

Unit

Solo

SPAWNING VESSEL

THE FORSAKEN

Unit

Solo

TYPHON

SPELL MARTYRS

Heavy Warbeast

Solos

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BLIGHTED OGRUN WARSPEARS

Unit

BLIGHTED NYSS SHEPHERD

RAEK

Solo

Light Warbeast

TERAPH
Light Warbeast

BLIGHTED NYSS LEGIONNAIRES

Unit

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WHATEVER MY BLIGHT TOUCHES,

I CONTROL.
THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO WHAT I CAN DO
AND NO END TO THE GROWTH

I HUNGER FIRST TO FEAST ON GOD FLESH,

ON THE ESSENCE OF MY FATHER,
AND THEN TO SWALLOW THE WORLD.
EVERBLIGHT

SPINE

OF MY LEGIONS POWER.